Research Article

Impacts of Temperature on the Stability of Tropical Plant Pigments as Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 4

The photoelectric parameters of DSSCs sensitized with natural dye extracted from the fruit pulp of M. malabathricum, H. rosa-sinensis flowers, and C. variegatum.

Sensitizer (mA cm−2) (V)ff (%)

Melastoma  malabathricum 6.170.3830.441.16
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 3.310.1450.300.16
Codiaeumvariegatum 4.030.4350.551.08