- Characterization of photovoltaic performance of the dye-sensitized solar cell with a novel ruthenium complex having a bisdemethoxycurcumin as a ligand.
Characterization of photovoltaic performance of the dye-sensitized solar cell with a novel ruthenium complex having a bisdemethoxycurcumin as a ligand.
Ambio (2012-06-13)
Hironobu Ozawa, Hiroki Kawaguchi, Yu Okuyama, Hironori Arakawa
PMID22434443
ABSTRACT
The first example of a ruthenium sensitizer (TUS-22) having a natural dye, bisdemethoxycurcumin, as a ligand has been synthesized. The dye-sensitized solar cell based on this novel dye showed 5.8% conversion efficiency under AM 1.5 (100 mW/cm(2)) irradiation.