Electronic and structural properties of the natural dyes curcumin, bixin and indigo
Open Access
- 19 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 11 (23) , 14169-14177
Abstract
An optical, electronic and structural characterisation of three natural dyes potentially interesting for application in organic solar cells, curcumin (C21H20O6), bixin (C25H30O4) and indigo (C16H10N2O2), was performed.Keywords
Funding Information
- Norges Forskningsråd (262633)
- Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (0193.001363/2016)
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