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Vol.3 , No. 1, Publication Date: Jun. 6, 2017, Page: 1-7
 were constructed with four natural pigments from <i>Citrus paradisi, Citrus sinensis, Citrus limon</i> and <i>Citrus tangelo</i> fruit peels as photo-sensitizers. Ethanol was maintained as an extracting solvent without any other purification. The UV-Vis absorption, Fourier Transform Infra-red (FT-IR) and Photo-luminescence (PL) spectroscopy characterization were done to analyze the natural dyes. The film of titanium dioxide (TiO2) was prepared as a semiconducting photo-anode material. The net performance of the cells constructed with citrus peel extracts showed comparable efficiencies with the reported natural dyes. The DSSC constructed with the pigments from <i>citrus paradisi</i> peels exhibited the maximum efficiency of 0.63%.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/891.jpg)
| [1] | Oluwaseun Adedokun, Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. |
| [2] | Yekinni Kolawole Sanusi, Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. |
| [3] | Ayodeji Oladiran Awodugba, Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. |
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were constructed with four natural pigments from Citrus paradisi, Citrus sinensis, Citrus limon and Citrus tangelo fruit peels as photo-sensitizers. Ethanol was maintained as an extracting solvent without any other purification. The UV-Vis absorption, Fourier Transform Infra-red (FT-IR) and Photo-luminescence (PL) spectroscopy characterization were done to analyze the natural dyes. The film of titanium dioxide (TiO2) was prepared as a semiconducting photo-anode material. The net performance of the cells constructed with citrus peel extracts showed comparable efficiencies with the reported natural dyes. The DSSC constructed with the pigments from citrus paradisi peels exhibited the maximum efficiency of 0.63%.
Keywords
Citrus Peels, Natural Dye, photo-sensitizers, DSSCs, Efficiency
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