Efficiency Enhancement of Cocktail Dye of Ixora coccinea and Tradescantia spathacea in DSSC

Table 1

The photoelectric parameters of DSSCs sensitized with natural dyes extracted from the lower epidermis of Tradescantia spathacea leaves (Trant) and flowers of Ixora coccinea (IX).

Dyes	(V)	(mA/cm^2)	FF	(%)
Individual dyes
Trant	0.285	1.189	0.554	0.21 ± 0.02
IX	0.344	3.005	0.507	0.56 ± 0.02
Cocktail dyes (Trant/IX)
1 : 4	0.346	4.185	0.499	0.80 ± 0.02
2 : 3	0.343	3.780	0.492	0.71 ± 0.02
1 : 1	0.331	3.150	0.502	0.59 ± 0.02
3 : 2	0.359	2.914	0.492	0.61 ± 0.02
4 : 1	0.344	2.074	0.520	0.41 ± 0.02