Optical Properties of Some Selected Fruit Juices and their Usage in Photovoltaic Cells as a Sensitizer

P. M. Sirimanne, P. N. Dissanayake

Abstract: Use of natural pigments in photo-electrochemical cells, as a sensitizer is a cost effective approach compare to that of ruthenium based metal centered dyes. Different pigments extracted from fruits were utilized as a sensitizer in solar cells. However, ruthenium based metal centered dyes exhibit much higher power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells, due to excellent matching of band-gap with HUMO, LOMO levels of dye and charge transfer process.

Keywords: photo-electrochemical solar cells, photosensitization, quinonoidal, cole-cole plot

How to Cite?: P. M. Sirimanne, P. N. Dissanayake, "Optical Properties of Some Selected Fruit Juices and their Usage in Photovoltaic Cells as a Sensitizer", Volume 7 Issue 1, January 2018, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 139-144, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20179225, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20179225