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- Title
Sea grass like arranged TiO nanorods sensitized by natural dyes for solar cell applications.
- Authors
Akila, Y.; Muthukumarasamy, N.; Agilan, S.; Senthilarasu, S.; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan
- Abstract
Rutile-phase seagrass-like-arranged TiO nanorods have been synthesized by low-temperature template-free hydrothermal method. These TiO nanorods have been sensitized by flowers of Sesbania grandiflora, leaves of Camellia sinensis and roots of Rubia tinctorum. The sensitized TiO nanorods-based films have been used as photoanode in natural dye-sensitized solar cells. The films were photoelectrochemically active, and the fabricated solar cells had short-circuit photocurrent density (J) lying in the range of 3.7-4.7mAcm. The efficiency of the fabricated natural dye-sensitized solar cells was found to lie in the range of 0.6-1.036 %, respectively Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
- Subjects
NANOROD synthesis; TITANIUM oxides; DYE-sensitized solar cells; HYDROTHERMAL synthesis; NATURAL dyes &; dyeing; LOW temperatures; SESBANIA
- Publication
Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 2016, Vol 122, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0947-8396
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00339-016-0236-z