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Optoelectronic properties of morning glory as dye on TiO2 thin film

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This study takes advantage of the natural plant dwarf morning glory. It may be able to use in solar photovoltaic technology. The experimental results indicated that the dwarf morning glory flower dye has an absorption peak of 657 nm. The manufactured dye-battery has be obvious, a maximum current of 4.7 × 10−3 (A/cm2) and a maximum voltage of 0.27 V and a conversion efficiency of 1.27 %. The yield of hydrogen generation can reach to 3.14 × 10−05 (l/s m2).

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided to this study by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan under contract no. NSC 101-2221-E-151-015 and No. 102-2221-E-006-293-MY3.

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  1. Department of Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    Sheng-Lung Tu

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Tao-Hsing Chen & Ji-Hong Yang

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    Yen-Hsun Su

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This article is part of the Topical Collection on Micro/Nano Photonics for the International Year of Light 2015.

Guest Edited by Yen-Hsun Su, Lei Liu, Xinlong Xu and Zhenhua Ni.

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Tu, SL., Chen, TH., Su, YH. et al. Optoelectronic properties of morning glory as dye on TiO2 thin film. Opt Quant Electron 48, 92 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-016-0391-7

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