Effect of natural dye sensitizers towards the improvement of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) efficiency

Hamid, Nur Najiha Abdul; Suhaimi, Syahida; Yatim, Nadhrah Md

doi:10.1063/1.5041230

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“…In contrast, in paper [37], the study of three different dyes extracted from blueberries, pomegranates, and avocado peel is presented. Regarding the efficiencies recorded in this research, it can be said that they were relatively low compared to other works; avocado peel showed an efficiency of 48.25 × 10 -12 %, blueberries showed an efficiency of 24.62 × 10 −12 % and finally, pomegranate showed an efficiency of 15.75 × 10 −12 %.…”

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Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review

Castillo-Robles¹,

Rocha–Rangel²,

Ramírez-de-León

et al. 2021

J. Compos. Sci.

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Human beings are attempting to take advantage of renewable natural resources by using solar cells. These devices take the sun’s radiation and convert it into electrical energy. The issue with traditional silicon-based solar cells is their manufacturing costs and environmental problems. For this reason, alternatives have been developed within the solar cell field. One of these alternatives is the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), also known as Grätzel solar cells. DSSCs are a type of solar cell that mimics photosynthesis. They have a photoanode, which is formed by a semiconductor film sensitized with a dye. Some of their advantages include low-cost manufacturing, eco-friendly materials use, and suitability for most environments. This review discusses four important aspects, with two related to the dye, which can be natural or synthetic. Herein, only natural dyes and their extraction methods were selected. On the other hand, this paper discusses the nanostructures used for DSSCs, the TiO2 nanostructure being the most reported; it recently reached an efficiency level of 10.3%. Finally, a review on the novelties in DSSCs technology is presented, where it is observed that the use of Catrin protein (cow brain) shows 1.45% of efficiency, which is significantly lower if compared to Ag nanoparticles doped with graphene that report 9.9% efficiency.

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Section: Natural Dyes In Dsscs Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review

Castillo-Robles¹,

Rocha–Rangel²,

Ramírez-de-León

et al. 2021

J. Compos. Sci.

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“…Meanwhile, Pratiwi et al [34] achieved a conversion efficiency of 0.024%, while the DSSC by combination dyes achieved a conversion efficiency of 0.054% by anthocyanin dye of red cabbage. Hamid et al [39] found the efficiency of natural sensitisers for avocado peel, blueberry, and pomegranate to be 48.25 × 10./0%, 24.62 × 10./0%, and 15.75 × 10./0%, respectively. For natural dyes extracted from four different flowers, namely, Cassia surattensis, Cassia tora, Cassia alata, and Cassia occidentalis, Maurya et al [44] found that: the short circuit current density (I SC ) values ranged from 0.06 mA/cm 2 to 0.20 mA/cm 2 ; the open circuit voltage (V OC ) varied from 0.292 V to 0.833 V; the fill factor (FF) from 0.7 to 0.9; and the efficiencies (η) from 0.013% to 0.15%.…”

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“…Krawczak [38] reviewed the published literature on the influence of photosensitisers on DSSC efficiency. Hamid et al [39] used ethanol to extract natural sensitisers for the fabrication of a DSSC device.…”

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Effect of ZnO Nanomaterial and Red and Green Cabbage Dyes on the Performance of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

Alanazi

2021

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Visible light can be converted into electricity using dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs), with their performance mainly based on the type of dye used as a sensitiser. Currently, dyes extracted from natural sources are highly preferred by researchers in this field. Natural dyes reduce the high cost of metal complex sensitisers and replace expensive processes of chemical synthesis with simple extraction processes. Natural dyes are environmentally friendly, abundant, easily extractable, and safe. Their application has become a promising development in DSSC technology. In this study, two natural dyes extracted from the plant leaves of green cabbage (GC) and red cabbage (RC) that were used as sensitisers. The performance characteristics of RC and GC extracts were investigated using both cyclic voltammetry and amperometry methods for solar cell detection. At an extraction temperature of 60 °C maintained for 8 h under optimum conditions, the measured values of maximum power (Pm), fill factor (FF), and efficiency (η) were 1.36 mW/cm2, 92.34%, and 0.161% for RC, and 0.349 mW/cm2, 44.19%, and 0.095% for GC, respectively. The RC and GC extracts exhibited excellent electrochemical performance with respect to current density potential and good cycling stability.

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“…1.38%, which belonged to Celosia Cristata extract (Hosseinnezhad et al, 2018). The natural sensitizers from avocado peel, blueberry and pomegranate were used in the fabrication of DSSC and the research result reveals that Avocado peel shows the highest efficiency due to lowest energy band gap compared to pomegranate and blueberry dyes (Hamid, Suhaimi, & Yatim, 2018). The natural dyes extracted from St. Lucie cherry, yellow jasmine, and madder berries were reported to act as a sensitizer in DSSCs.…”

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Natural Dyes as a Photosensitizer in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells- Review

Shakunthala¹

2021

JSR

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Synthetic metalo-organic dye sensitized solar dyes show better efficiency but difficult to prepare in pure form and are not cost effective. Natural dyes based solar cells are more easily fabricated. Natural dyes or pigments can be obtained from fruits, seeds, leaves, roots, and flower. This review gives an insight into different types of natural dye photosensitizer containing Anthocyanins, Chlorophyll, Flavonoid, Xanthins and Carotenoids which can be co-sensitized to give better efficient Dye Sensitised Solar cell and has broad scope for research.

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Effect of natural dye sensitizers towards the improvement of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) efficiency

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review

Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review

Effect of ZnO Nanomaterial and Red and Green Cabbage Dyes on the Performance of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

Natural Dyes as a Photosensitizer in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells- Review

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