Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Natural Dyes Extracted From Plumeria and Celosia Cristata Flowers

Abstract

In this study, extracted plumeria and celosia cristata flowers have been used as the sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The cells were fabricated using TiO2 as a semiconductor layer deposited on transparent Indium doped tin oxide (ITO) conductive glass using a spin coating technique. The films with dyes were characterized by UV-VIS absorption spectra. The photovoltaic properties of DSSC were studied under an incident irradiation of 100 mW/cm2. The I-V characteristic curves of all fabricated cells were measured and analysed. The energy conversion efficiency (η) of the cells consisting of plumeria extract and celosia cristata extract was 3.73 × 10-6 and 1.18 × 10-7, respectively.