Performance evaluation of natural native dyes as photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells

Jalali, Tahmineh; Arkian, Parisa; Golshan, Malihe; Jalali, Mandana; Osfouri, Shahriar

doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110441

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“…These dyes were considered as excellent light harvesting pigments and effective for charge generation from sunlight. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of these natural dyes were found to be less than 2% as observed in many different natural dyes mentioned in the literature (Jalali et al, 2020). The behaviour of DSSCs with double layer photoanodes using graphene oxide-titanium dioxide (GO-TiO2) and TiO2 layers analysed with chlorophyll based plant dye as photosensitizer extracted from highly sensitive Mimosa pudica while studying the effect of varying GO content.…”

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

Shakunthala¹

2021

JSR

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“…Furthermore, the article [21] reports the use of the solvent extraction method for the extraction of dyes, which was obtained from saffron, purple onion, mallow, and oregano. Regarding their low efficiency values fromsaffron0.51%; mallow-0.45%; purple onion-0.54%; and 0.51% for oregano, authors report that these dyes contain carbonyl and hydroxyl groups, which allow them to bind to TiO 2 structures, and thus, improve electron transfer and energy conversion efficiency.…”

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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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“…However, ruthenium dyes have several disadvantages there are high price, difficult synthesis, and toxic. Natural dyes are considered as an alternative to synthetic dyes because they have many advantages such as abundant quantities, non-toxic, cheap, renewable, and an easy synthesis process [6]. Natural dyes can be produced by various compounds from plants such as chlorophyll, anthocyanins, carotenes, betacyanidin, and cyanidin.…”

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The effect of mixing Chlorophyll-Antocyanin as a natural source dye on the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Munandar

Hakim

Puspitadindha

et al. 2022

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Sunlight is a natural alternative energy as a renewable energy source. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) is third generation solar cell as a substitute for conventional solar cells made from silicon because it is easy to manufacture. One important part of DSSC is dye because it has an important role in light absorption, photoelectron production, and electron transfer processes to increase the efficiency of electrical energy conversion. Modification of dye as an active material for DSSC as an effort to improve the performance of optical properties and photoconductivity of the dye. Mixing chlorophyll dye with anthocyanin dye aims to widen the area of the visible light absorption band. Chlorophyll dye obtained from green spinach extract and anthocyanin dye obtained from red rose extract. Absorbance test using UV-Vis Spectrophotometer obtained a widening of the light absorption range at 400-700 nm. The conductivity test using Keithley I-V meter 2602A to determine the dye’s ability to conduct electric current, the best conductivity was obtained in the 1:2 chlorophyll-anthocyanin mixture is 4.83 x10−2 Ω−1 m−1. The I-V DSSC test using Keithley I-V meter 2602A obtained the best electrical energy conversion efficiency in the 1:2 chlorophyll-anthocyanin dye mixture is 5.8 x10−2 %.

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Performance evaluation of natural native dyes as photosensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells

Cited by 42 publications

References 47 publications

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

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

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

The effect of mixing Chlorophyll-Antocyanin as a natural source dye on the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

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