Deprotonated curcumin as a simple and quick available natural dye for dye sensitized solar cells

作者:Yoon S J; Lim I; Kim J H; Adhikari S; Lee W Y; Lee J K; Shrestha N K*; Ahn H; Han J W; Han S H
来源:Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects , 2016, 38(2): 183-189.
DOI:10.1080/15567036.2012.703288

摘要

In the present study, deprotonation of curcumin dye using potassium carbonate was performed successfully, which produced fairly stable deprotonated dye with a large bathochromic shift in the visible light absorption spectrum. The light-harvesting efficiency of this deprotonated dye was investigated in TiO2-based dye sensitized solar cells, which exhibited an energy conversion efficiency of 0.91%, and this value is 8.3 times higher than that of the dye sensitized solar cells with curcumin photosensitizer without deprotonation.

  • 出版日期2016