Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Performance of DSSC with green synthesized and thermodynamically sintered Bi-phase TiO2 with various sensitizers Subject The topic of the resource DSSC; Green synthesis; Nanostructure; Natural dye; NDSSC; Photo anode Description An account of the resource The production of green and clean energy in the current era is heavily reliant on light harvesting through the use of solar cells. A successful fabrication of any of the components of Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) through an easy, environmental, and economic-friendly method would be an added advantage in promoting the production of green and clean energy. With this in mind, this paper highlights the green synthesis of materials for the preparation of photo-anodes as well as sensitizers. Apart from the routine synthesis method, this paper presents a new perspective that enhances inter-particle connections by providing an optimum calcination temperature (thermodynamic sintering) during the preparation procedure. The best calcination temperature for the preparation of photo-anode material is initially optimized by comparing the device output performance between synthetic and natural dyes. Further improvement in device performance is achieved through TiCl4 (Titanium tetrachloride) post-annealing treatment on the optimized photo-anodes. The improvement in performance of these optimized photo-anodes is checked and confirmed with different natural, synthetic, and cocktail sensitizers. The best natural dye-sensitized solar cell (NDSSC) device showed an efficiency of 4.65 % and the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) device showed an efficiency of 5.78 %. This confirms the suitability of these green-synthesized TiO2 nanopowders as a promising material for photo-anode preparation that could work well for both NDSSC and DSSC. 2024 Elsevier B.V. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ninan G.G.; Varghese M.; Balachandran M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Optical Materials, Vol-149 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier B.V. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115004" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115004</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85184521096&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.optmat.2024.115004&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=5b3de37537e30af99ea527ce1c15fbe8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85184521096&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.optmat.2024.115004&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=5b3de37537e30af99ea527ce1c15fbe8</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9253467; CODEN: OMATE Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ninan G.G., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Varghese M., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Balachandran M., Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India