Research Article

Zwitterion Effect of Cow Brain Protein towards Efficiency Improvement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

Table 1

Comparison of natural dye efficiency on DSSC [4].

DyeJsc (mAcm2)Voc (V)FFη (%)

Rosella1.630.40.570.37
Blue pea0.370.370.330.05
Mixed rosella-blue pea0.820.380.470.15
Black rice1.140.550.52
Capsicurn0.230.410.63
Rosa xanthina0.640.490.52
Kelp0.430.440.62
Erythrina variegata0.780.480.55
Bixin1.10.570.590.37
Annatto0.530.560.660.19
Norbixin0.380.530.640.13
Crocetin2.840.430.460.56
Crocin0.450.580.60.16
Fruit of calafate6.20.470.36
Syrup of calafate1.50.380.2
Skin of jaboticaba7.20.590.54
Red Sicilian orange3.840.340.5
Purple eggplant extract3.40.350.4
Dragon fruit0.20.220.30.22
Pomegranate juice0.20.40.451.5
Red turnip9.50.430.371.7
Wild Sicilian prickly pear8.20.380.381.19
Sicilian Indian fig2.70.380.540.5
Bougainvillea2.10.30.570.36
Shisonin3.560.550.511.01
Shisonin and chlorophyll4.80.530.511.31
Chlorophyll3.520.430.390.59
Hibiscus surattensis5.450.390.541.14
Sesbania grandiflora4.40.410.571.02
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis4.040.40.631.02
Nerium oleander2.460.410.590.59
Ixora macrothyrsa1.310.40.570.3
Rhododendron arboreum zeylanium1.150.40.640.29
Begonia0.630.540.720.24
Tangerine peel0.740.590.630.28
Rhododendron1.610.590.610.57
Fructus lycii0.530.690.470.17
Marigold0.510.540.830.23
Perilla1.360.520.70.5
Herba artemisiae scopariae1.030.480.680.34
China loropetal0.840.520.630.27
Yellow rose0.740.610.570.26
Flowery knotweed0.60.550.630.21
Bauhinia tree0.960.570.660.36
Petunia0.850.620.610.32
Lithospermum0.140.340.590.03
Violet1.020.50.650.33
Chinese rose0.90.480.620.27
Mangosteen pericarp2.690.670.631.17
Rose0.970.60.660.38
Lily0.510.50.670.17
Coffee0.850.560.690.33
Broadleaf holly leaf base1.190.610.650.47
Red Bougainvillea glabra2.340.260.740.45
Violet Bougainvillea glabra1.860.230.710.31
Red Bougainvillea spectabilis2.290.280.760.48
Violet Bougainvillea spectabilis1.880.250.730.35
Spinach0.470.550.510.13
Ipomea0.910.540.560.28
Bougainvillea brasiliensis50.250.360.45
Garcinia subelliptica6.480.320.330.69
Ficus spathacea7.850.520.291.18
Rhoeo spathacea10.90.50.271.49