Natural pigment can act as an inexpensive and biologically-friendly dye, which is fabricated on a TiO2/FTO substrate. Natural pigments promote the efficiency of the photoelectric conversion in water-based DSSC with the aqueous electrolyte of the Ce+4/+3 system. The open-circuit voltage (Voc) of natural pigment in water-based DSSC is 0.640 V. The short-circuit current (Isc) of natural pigment in water-based DSSC is 0.658 mA/cm2. The efficiency of the photoelectric conversion in water-based DSSC of natural pigment is up to 0.131%. The natural pigments in DSSC are potentially applicable to turning solar energy into environmentally-friendly energy.
The p-NiO/n-ZnO heterojunction device based on honeycomb structures was fabricated by RF sputtering method. The structural and optical properties of the p-NiO/n-ZnO heterojunction were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–visible spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and current–voltage (I–V) photocurrent measurements. The XRD spectra indicate that ZnO films were of hexagonal wurtzite structures, preferentially (002) oriented. SEM show that the spherical polystyrene stacking on hexagonal close-packing lattice structure. Optical measurements showed that the honeycomb structures exhibited the maximum haze values up to 50% at wavelength range 380–800 nm. The I–V curve of the heterojunction demonstrates obvious rectifying diode behavior in a dark environment. The lowest of leakage current is 8.23×10-9 A/cm2 for p-NiO/n-ZnO heterojunction device.
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