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@article{190807,
        author = {Gangadhara C and Vasantha Kumar S and Yogananda K C and Ningappa C},
        title = {Isolation and characterization of cellulose and cellulose nanocrystals from sugar cane bagasse and development of dye-sensitized solar cell fabrication by using their sources},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {5026-5032},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190807},
        abstract = {The deliberate study of biopolymer electrolytes for electro - chemical uses, such as dye-sensitive solar cells, batteries, super capacitors, etc., has begun recently. One of the biodegradable polymers, cellulose has a variety of applications in medicine and pharmaceutical administration. In medicine and medication delivery, cellulose is one of the biodegradable polymers with a variety of functions. These are the main factors driving the increase in interest in these subjects, for which synthetic polymers have historically been the material of choice. According to the literature surveys, solid polymer electrolytes are typically made using ammonium salts, inorganic acids, and alkali metal salts. The main reasons for the increase in interest in these subjects, for which synthetic polymers have historically been the favoured materials, are those mentioned above. Cellulose (CL) was extracted from sugar cane bagasse using sodium hydroxide as an alkaline agent, followed by sodium chlorite as bleach, and cellulose nanocrystals (CLN) were created using acid hydrolysis from the cellulose derived from sugar cane bagasse. Both CL and CLN were characterized using thermal, spectroscopy, and diffraction methods. Gel polymer electrolytes were created using CL and CLN. In order to make cellulose gel electrolytes (CGE) and cellulose nanocrystals gel electrolytes, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), a cheap and environmentally acceptable solvent, is utilized (CNGE). CNGE has efficiency of 0.75, which is optimally greater than that of CGE of 0.43.},
        keywords = {Cellulose nanocrystals; Cellulose; Gel Electrolyte cellulose nanocrystals; Gel Electrolytes},
        month = {January},
        }