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Sea grass like arranged TiO2 nanorods sensitized by natural dyes for solar cell applications

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Rutile-phase seagrass-like-arranged TiO2 nanorods have been synthesized by low-temperature template-free hydrothermal method. These TiO2 nanorods have been sensitized by flowers of Sesbania grandiflora, leaves of Camellia sinensis and roots of Rubia tinctorum. The sensitized TiO2 nanorods-based films have been used as photoanode in natural dye-sensitized solar cells. The films were photoelectrochemically active, and the fabricated solar cells had short-circuit photocurrent density (JSC) lying in the range of 3.7–4.7mAcm−2. The efficiency of the fabricated natural dye-sensitized solar cells was found to lie in the range of 0.6–1.036 %, respectively

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  1. Department of Physics, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    Y. Akila, N. Muthukumarasamy & S. Agilan

  2. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

    S. Senthilarasu

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Business Administration, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway

    Dhayalan Velauthapillai

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Akila, Y., Muthukumarasamy, N., Agilan, S. et al. Sea grass like arranged TiO2 nanorods sensitized by natural dyes for solar cell applications. Appl. Phys. A 122, 719 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0236-z

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