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Sharma G, Saini SK, Mulchandani K, Bheemaraju A, Lal C. Investigation of ultrafast carrier dynamics in curcumin dye for environment friendly dye-sensitized solar cell. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:121175-121181. [PMID: 37950128 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30668-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Natural dyes have been widely employed in the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). DSSCs are favored for their cost-effective, and simple fabrication process relies on metal-based and organic dyes. The choice of dyes greatly affects the performance of DSSCs. DSSCs have found a lot of applications in indoor, solar power gadgets with reasonable efficiency up to 13%. Nonetheless, despite advances in DSSC technology, the complex photophysics and excited state dynamics associated with natural dyes employed in DSSCs remain elusive and have not been adequately investigated. This information gap emphasizes the need for more study and analysis into the behavior of these dyes, since understanding their underlying principles might lead to major improvements in DSSC performance and efficiency. In this work, we have investigated the fundamental characteristics and excited-state carrier dynamics of natural dye curcumin using ultrafast transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy technique. The curcumin dye shows delay time-dependent positive and negative signals in the TA spectra, which are related to excited state absorption and stimulated emission. We also found that hydrogen bonding and polarity effect of solvent significantly influence the carrier dynamics of curcumin. Ultrafast lifetime component indicates that hydrogen-bond rearrangements are involved in the kinetics of the relaxation process of the S1 state of curcumin photo-sensitizer.
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- Govind Sharma
- Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, JLN Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302004, India
- Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi Govt. P.G. College, Mandsaur (M.P.), 458001, India
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- CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi Govt. P.G. College, Mandsaur (M.P.), 458001, India
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- Department of Applied Sciences, School of Engineering and Technology, BML University, Gurgaon Sidhrawali, Haryana, 122413, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, JLN Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302004, India.
- Centre for Non-Conventional Energy Resources, University of Rajasthan, JLN Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302004, India.
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Corrêa RLGQ, de Moraes MMF, de Oliveira KT, Aoto YA, Coutinho-Neto MD, Homem-de-Mello P. Diving into the optoelectronic properties of Cu(II) and Zn(II) curcumin complexes: a DFT and wavefunction benchmark. J Mol Model 2023; 29:166. [PMID: 37118617 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05560-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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CONTEXT Curcumin is a popular food additive around the world whose medicinal properties have been known since ancient times. The literature has recently highlighted several biological properties, but besides the health-related usages, its natural yellowish color may also be helpful for light-harvesting applications. This research aims to close a knowledge gap regarding the photophysical description of curcumin and its metallic complexes. METHODS We conducted benchmark experiments comparing NEVPT calculations with several DFT functionals (B3LYP, M06-L, M06-2X, CAM-B3LYP, and ωB97X-D) for describing the UV spectra of curcumin and its metallo-derivative, curcumin-copper(II). Once we determined the most suitable functional, we performed tests with different basis sets and conditions, such as solvation and redox state, to identify their impact on excited state properties. These results are also reported for the curcumin-zinc(II) derivative. We found that the accuracy of DFT functionals depends strongly on the nature of curcumin's excitations. Intra-ligand transitions dominate the absorption spectra of the complexes. Curcumin absorption is marginally affected by solvation and chelation, but when combined with redox processes, they may result in significant modifications. This is because copper cation changes its coordination geometry in response to redox conditions, changing the spectrum. We found that, compared to a NEVPT reference, B3LYP is the best functional for a general description of the compounds, despite not being appropriate for charge transfer transitions. M06-L was the best for LMCT transitions. However, compared with NEVPT2 and PNO-LCCSD(T)-F12 results, no functional achieved acceptable accuracy for MLCT transitions.
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- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition (CMCC), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André, 09210-580, Brazil
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- Center for Natural and Human Sciences (CCNH), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André, 09210-580, Brazil.
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Cañon-Ibarra AF, Sanchez LT, Rosales Rivera A, Blach D, Villa CC. Curcumin capped magnetic nanoparticles. Synthesis, characterization and photoinactivation activity against S. Aureus. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2023.100908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Onggowarsito C, Feng A, Mao S, Nguyen LN, Xu J, Fu Q. Water Harvesting Strategies through Solar Steam Generator Systems. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202201543. [PMID: 36163592 PMCID: PMC10098618 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Solar steam generator (SSG) systems have attracted increasing attention, owing to its simple manufacturing, material abundance, cost-effectiveness, and environmentally friendly freshwater production. This system relies on photothermic materials and water absorbing substrates for a clean continuous distillation process. To optimize this process, there are factors that are needed to be considered such as selection of solar absorber and water absorbent materials, followed by micro/macro-structural system design for efficient water evaporation, floating, and filtration capability. In this contribution, we highlight the general interfacial SSG concept, review and compare recent progresses of different SSG systems, as well as discuss important factors on performance optimization. Furthermore, unaddressed challenges such as SSG's cost to performance ratio, filtration of untreatable micropollutants/microorganisms, and the need of standardization testing will be discussed to further advance future SSG studies.
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- Casey Onggowarsito
- Centre for Technology in Water and WastewaterSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Technology Sydney15 BroadwayUltimoNSW 2007Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and WastewaterSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Technology Sydney15 BroadwayUltimoNSW 2007Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and WastewaterSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Technology Sydney15 BroadwayUltimoNSW 2007Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and WastewaterSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Technology Sydney15 BroadwayUltimoNSW 2007Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular DesignSchool of Chemical EngineeringUNSW InstitutionSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and WastewaterSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Technology Sydney15 BroadwayUltimoNSW 2007Australia
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Thate AG, Pakhare KS, Patil SS, Bhuse VM. Fabrication of TiO2-ZnO nanocomposite photoanodes to enhance the dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-022-04878-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bandgap Energy of TiO2/M-Curcumin Material (M = Na+, Mg2+, Cu2+). JURNAL KIMIA SAINS DAN APLIKASI 2022. [DOI: 10.14710/jksa.25.1.1-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bandgap energy (Egap) of TiO2/curcumin as well as TiO2/M-curcumin (M = Na+, Mg2+, Cu2+) was determined. The material was prepared on transparent conductive oxide as TiO2 film. Then, the curcumin and curcumin derivatives were adsorbed on TiO2 surface by immersing the film in solution of the compounds. The diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectra of the materials were recorded and utilized to calculate the Egap using the Tauc plot method. The calculation gave the Egap of TiO2 of 3.27 eV that lowers after being deposited with curcumin and metal-curcumin compounds. The Egap of TiO2/curcumin was 2.82 eV, while TiO2/Na+-curcumin, TiO2/Mg2+-curcumin, and TiO2/Cu2+-curcumin were 2.36, 3.11, and 2.15 eV, respectively. Curcumin metal complexes, i.e., TiO2/Cu2+-curcumin, showed high molar absorptivity and effectively deposited on the TiO2 lowers the bandgap energy of TiO2 compared to free-curcumin on TiO2.
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Abdelmonem AM, Zámbó D, Rusch P, Schlosser A, Klepzig LF, Bigall NC. Versatile Route for Multifunctional Aerogels Including Flaxseed Mucilage and Nanocrystals. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2100794. [PMID: 35085414 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Preparation of low density monolithic and free-standing organic-inorganic hybrid aerogels of various properties is demonstrated using green chemistry from a biosafe natural source (flaxseed mucilage) and freeze-casting and subsequent freeze drying. Bio-aerogels, luminescent aerogels and magneto-responsive aerogels were obtained by combination of the flaxseed mucilage with different types of nanoparticles. Moreover, the aerogels are investigated as possible drug release system using curcumin as a model. Various characterization techniques like thermogravimetric analysis, nitrogen physisorption, electron microscopy, UV/Vis absorption and emission spectroscopy, bulk density and mechanical measurements as well as in vitro release profile measurements are employed to investigate the obtained materials. The flaxseed-inspired organic-inorganic hybrid aerogels exhibit ultra-low densities of as low as 5.6 mg/cm3 for 0.5% (w/v) mucilage polymer, a specific surface area of 4 to 20 m2 /g, high oil absorption capacity (23 g/g) and prominent compressibility. The natural biopolymer technique leads to low cost and biocompatible functional lightweight materials with tunable properties (physicochemical and mechanical) and significant potential for applications as supporting or stimuli responsive materials, carriers, reactors, microwave, and electromagnetic radiation protective (absorbing) material as well as in drug delivery and oil absorption. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Abuelmagd M Abdelmonem
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 9 Cairo University St., Giza, 12619, Egypt
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Centre for Energy Research, Konkoly-Thege M. str. 29-33, Budapest, H-1121, Hungary
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, Hannover, 30167, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, Hannover, 30167, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, Hannover, 30167, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3a, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 39, Hannover, 30167, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, 30167, Germany
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Anoua R, Lifi H, Touhtouh S, El Jouad M, Hajjaji A, Bakasse M, Płociennik P, Zawadzka A. Optical and morphological properties of Curcuma longa dye for dye-sensitized solar cells. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:57860-57871. [PMID: 34097221 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14551-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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New experimental results of morphological and optical properties of Curcuma longa dye thin film were investigated. The thin films were deposited by physical vapor deposition technique. Morphological properties were measured using atomic force microscopy technique and they show a granular structure which above there are nanotubes shapes. Photoluminescence of Curcuma longa at low temperature was investigated and discussed for the first time. The temperature effect from 77 to 300 K of Curcuma longa thin film has been shown and luminescence was strongly observed. Photoelectrochemical parameters of the dye-sensitized solar cell based on Curcuma longa have been computed via the finite element method. The power conversion efficiency is about 0.86% obtained from short circuit current, open-circuit voltage, and fill factor of 0.13 mA/cm2, 0.52 mV, and 0.83, respectively. As a result, Curcuma longa dye can be applied to dye-sensitized solar cells.
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- Rania Anoua
- Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for Energy, National School of Applied Sciences of El Jadida, BP 1166, El Jadida, Morocco.
- Department of Automation and Measurement Systems, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziądzka 5, Torun, 87-100, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for Energy, National School of Applied Sciences of El Jadida, BP 1166, El Jadida, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for Energy, National School of Applied Sciences of El Jadida, BP 1166, El Jadida, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for Energy, National School of Applied Sciences of El Jadida, BP 1166, El Jadida, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for Energy, National School of Applied Sciences of El Jadida, BP 1166, El Jadida, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Chemistry Organic, Bioorganic and Environment, Faculty of Science, University Chouaib Doukkali, 24000, El Jadida, Morocco
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- Institute of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100, Torun, Poland
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wilenska 4, 87-100, Torun, Poland
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- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wilenska 4, 87-100, Torun, Poland
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100, Torun, Poland
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Adhesion of Electrospun Poly(acrylonitrile) Nanofibers on Conductive and Isolating Foil Substrates. COATINGS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings11020249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Electrospinning can be used to prepare nanofibers from various polymers and polymer blends. The adhesion of nanofibers to the substrates on which they are electrospun varies greatly with the substrate material and structure. In some cases, good adhesion is desired to produce sandwich structures by electrospinning one material directly onto another. This is the case, e.g., with dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). While both pure foil DSSCs and pure electrospun DSSCs have been examined, a combination of both technologies can be used to combine their advantages, e.g., the lateral strength of foils with the large surface-to-volume ratio of electrospun nanofibers. Here, we investigate the morphology and adhesion of electrospun nanofibers on different foil substrates containing materials commonly used in DSSCs, such as graphite, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) or TiO2. The results show that the foil material strongly influences the adhesion, while a plasma pretreatment of the foils showed no significant effect. Moreover, it is well known that conductive substrates can alter the morphology of nanofiber mats, both at microscopic and macroscopic levels. However, these effects could not be observed in the current study.
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Verma A, Shukla M, Kumar S, Pal S, Sinha I. Mechanism of visible light enhanced catalysis over curcumin functionalized Ag nanocatalysts. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 240:118534. [PMID: 32534428 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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There is little research on the visible light photocatalytic properties of the hybrids of plasmonic metals and organic molecules (OM) with the HOMO-LUMO gap in the visible range. Here, we investigate the mechanism of the visible light enhanced reduction of p-nitrophenol (PNP) by glycerol (a green reductant) at ambient temperature over curcumin functionalized Ag nanoparticles (c-AgNPs). The catalytic activity got significantly boosted under visible light irradiation. Reaction kinetics indicated that the catalytic mechanism followed under visible light and in the dark were different. DFT calculations showed that in the ground state, the HOMO resides on Ag while the LUMO is on the curcumin part of the composite. TD-DFT calculations demonstrated the transfer of charge from Ag to curcumin on photo-excitation. Based on this information, we propose a mechanism for understanding the role of curcumin in this photocatalytic phenomenon.
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- Alkadevi Verma
- Department of Chemistry, Rewa Engineering College, Rewa 486002, India
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- G.B. College, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ramgarh, Kaimur, Arrah, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi 221005, India.
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Effect of Caffeine Copigmentation of Anthocyanin Dyes on DSSC Efficiency. MATERIALS 2019; 12:ma12172692. [PMID: 31443548 PMCID: PMC6747623 DOI: 10.3390/ma12172692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Caffeine is known to influence the absorbance spectrum of anthocyanin dyes. Such dyes are often used as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Natural dyes, like anthocyanins, yield only small DSSC efficiencies, but are of high interest since they are usually non-toxic and inexpensive. Here we report on the influence of copigmentation of anthocyanins, taken from commercially available tea, with caffeine. In this way, the efficiencies were increased for measurements with a solar simulator as well as with ambient light. In addition, the well-known pH dependence of the efficiency of DSSCs dyed with anthocyanins was shifted—while a pH value of 1–2 was ideal for pure anthocyanins used as dyes, a higher pH value of 2–3 was sufficient to reach the maximum efficiencies for caffeine-copigmented dyes. This means that instead of reducing the pH value by adding an acid, adding caffeine can also be used to increase the efficiency of DSSCs prepared with anthocyanins. Finally, a comparison of several literature sources dealing with anthocyanin-based DSSCs allows for evaluation of our results with respect to the work of other groups.
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Oh WC, Cho KY, Jung CH, Areerob Y. The double perovskite structure effect of a novel La2CuNiO6-ZnSe-graphene nanocatalytic composite for dye sensitized solar cells as a freestanding counter electrode. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:1389-1397. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00487k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Currently, the development of sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with high power conversion efficiency and low cost is a major challenge in the academic and industrial fields.
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- Won-Chun Oh
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Anhui University of Science & Technology
- Huainan 232001
- PR China
- Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering
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- Korea Institutes of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
- Jinju-Si
- South Korea
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- Decontamination & Decommisioning Research Division
- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
- Daejeon
- Korea
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- Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering
- Hanseo University
- Seosan-si
- South Korea
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Castro E, Cerón MR, Garcia AH, Kim Q, Etcheverry-Berríos A, Morel MJ, Díaz-Torres R, Qian W, Martinez Z, Mendez L, Perez F, Santoyo CA, Gimeno-Muñoz R, Esper R, Gutierrez DA, Varela-Ramirez A, Aguilera RJ, Llano M, Soler M, Aliaga-Alcalde N, Echegoyen L. A new family of fullerene derivatives: Fullerene-curcumin conjugates for biological and photovoltaic applications. RSC Adv 2018; 8:41692-41698. [PMID: 31543960 PMCID: PMC6754101 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08334g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The synthesis and characterization of a family of [60]fullerocurcuminoids obtained via Bingel reactions is reported. The new C60 derivatives include curcumin and curcuminoids with a variety of end groups. Preliminary biological experiments show the potential activity of the compound containing a curcumin addend, which exhibits moderate anti-HIV-1 and radical scavenger properties, but no anti-cancer activity. In addition, the new fullerocurcuminoids exhibit HOMO/LUMO energy levels that are reasonably matched with those of perovskites and when they were tested in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as the electron transporting material (ETM), photoconversion efficiencies ranging from 14.04%-14.95% were obtained, whereas a value of 16.23% was obtained for [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) based devices.
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- Edison Castro
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
- Physical and Life Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory7000 East Ave, LivermoreCA 94550USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Biotecnología y Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de ChileBeauchef 851SantiagoChile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Biotecnología y Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de ChileBeauchef 851SantiagoChile
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- CSIC-ICMAB (Institut de Ciéncia dels Materials de Barcelona), Campus de la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona08193 BellaterraSpain
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- CSIC-ICMAB (Institut de Ciéncia dels Materials de Barcelona), Campus de la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona08193 BellaterraSpain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso500 West University AvenueEl PasoTX 79968USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- CSIC-ICMAB (Institut de Ciéncia dels Materials de Barcelona), Campus de la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona08193 BellaterraSpain
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso500 West University AvenueEl PasoTX 79968USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso500 West University AvenueEl PasoTX 79968USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso500 West University AvenueEl PasoTX 79968USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso500 West University AvenueEl PasoTX 79968USA
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Biotecnología y Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de ChileBeauchef 851SantiagoChile
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- CSIC-ICMAB (Institut de Ciéncia dels Materials de Barcelona), Campus de la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona08193 BellaterraSpain
- ICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats)Passeig Lluís Companys 2308010 BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso500W University AveEl PasoTX 79968United States
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