Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc)

Natural dyes were extracted from the 31 local borneon plant species that were collected from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia. The possibility of photon-electron conversion was then assessed based on their absorption ability in the ultraviolet and visible region of wavelength between 200-900nm. In addit...

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Main Authors: Jedol Dayou, Rachel Fran Mansa, Coswald Stephen Sipaut @ Mohd Nasri
Format: Research Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22662/1/Exploring%20the%20potential%20of%20local%20natural%20organic%20Dye%20Sensitizers%20for%20Photoelectrochemical%20cells%20in%20Dye%20Sensitized%20Solar%20Cells.pdf
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Rachel Fran Mansa
Coswald Stephen Sipaut @ Mohd Nasri
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description Natural dyes were extracted from the 31 local borneon plant species that were collected from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia. The possibility of photon-electron conversion was then assessed based on their absorption ability in the ultraviolet and visible region of wavelength between 200-900nm. In addition, FT-IR analysis was carried out to determine if functional groups exists in their extracts. Furthermore, the pH of the natural dye extracts was measured by using pH meter. Finally, the Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) were assembled and their efficiency measured. It shows the successful conversion from visible sunlight to electricity by using the extracts from local plants as raw natural dye sensitizers in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) with effiCiency range from 0.004% to 0.19%. This result shows that local natural dyes can be used as sensitizer in DSSCs. However, further investigations are required to improve the efficiency.
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spelling ums.eprints-226622019-07-16T01:40:45Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22662/ Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc) Jedol Dayou Rachel Fran Mansa Coswald Stephen Sipaut @ Mohd Nasri QD Chemistry Natural dyes were extracted from the 31 local borneon plant species that were collected from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia. The possibility of photon-electron conversion was then assessed based on their absorption ability in the ultraviolet and visible region of wavelength between 200-900nm. In addition, FT-IR analysis was carried out to determine if functional groups exists in their extracts. Furthermore, the pH of the natural dye extracts was measured by using pH meter. Finally, the Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) were assembled and their efficiency measured. It shows the successful conversion from visible sunlight to electricity by using the extracts from local plants as raw natural dye sensitizers in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) with effiCiency range from 0.004% to 0.19%. This result shows that local natural dyes can be used as sensitizer in DSSCs. However, further investigations are required to improve the efficiency. Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2014 Research Report NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22662/1/Exploring%20the%20potential%20of%20local%20natural%20organic%20Dye%20Sensitizers%20for%20Photoelectrochemical%20cells%20in%20Dye%20Sensitized%20Solar%20Cells.pdf Jedol Dayou and Rachel Fran Mansa and Coswald Stephen Sipaut @ Mohd Nasri (2014) Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc). (Unpublished)
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title Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc)
title_full Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc)
title_fullStr Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc)
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc)
title_short Exploring the potential of local natural organic Dye Sensitizers for Photoelectrochemical cells in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (Dssc)
title_sort exploring the potential of local natural organic dye sensitizers for photoelectrochemical cells in dye sensitized solar cells dssc
topic QD Chemistry
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