An Enhancement of Efficiency of Photo-Electrochemical Cell by Coupling Multiple Dyes

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@article{1703978,
      author = {Prasad Sirimanne, Pubudu Dissanayake},
      title = {An Enhancement of Efficiency of Photo-Electrochemical Cell by Coupling Multiple Dyes},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2023},
      volume = {6},
      number = {7},
      pages = {101-104},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1703978.pdf},
      abstract = {Sensitization process of triscarboxy-ruthenium terpyridine"[Ru(4,4',4"-(COOH)3-terpy)(NCS)3], indoline D358 and their mixtures on ZnO films were studied by means of utilization as light harvesting electrodes in photo-electrochemical cells. An enhancement of the efficiency of the cell was observed by coupling of these dyes compare to that of individuals. The maximum power conversion efficiency of 3.7 % was obtained for ZnO based photo-electrochemical cells.},
      keywords = {black dye, dye cocktails, indoline D358 dye, power conversion efficiency.},
      month = {January},
  }