DFT/TDDFT and Experimental Studies of Natural Pigments Extracted from Black Tea Waste for DSSC Application

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</svg> (mV)</td><td align="center"><span style="width: 10.4125px;"><svg height="11.7375" id="M27" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.4125 11.7375" width="10.4125" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>%</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">BTE</td><td align="center">0.82</td><td align="center">434</td><td align="center">0.57</td><td align="center">0.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Acidified BTE</td><td align="center">4.21</td><td align="center">268</td><td align="center">0.41</td><td align="center">0.46</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Photovoltaic characteristics of DSSCs sensitized with BTE pigments.

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 2

Table 2: DFT/TDDFT and Experimental Studies of Natural Pigments Extracted from Black Tea Waste for DSSC Application 