Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: Operation, materials and methods

Shalini, S.; Prabhu, Radhakrishna; Prasanna, S.; Mallick, Tapas K.; Sundaram, S.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.052

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“…Though in 1991 Grätzel along with his co-workers developed a new type of solar cell known as dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) [5], it has gained significant attention in recent years. It is characterized by low-cost manufacturing process, ease of fabrication, good performance under diffuse light conditions, and modifiable aesthetic * E-mail: makhan.inst@gmail.com features such as color, transparency, and flexibility [8][9][10][11][12]. Basically, DSSC is comprised of a transparent conducting glass electrode with a porous layer of semiconductor (e.g.…”

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Efficiency enhancement of natural dye sensitized solar cell by optimizing electrode fabrication parameters

Hossain

Pervez

Tayyaba

et al. 2017

Materials Science-Poland

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Efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) depends on several interrelated factors such as type and concentration of dye, type and thickness of photoelectrode and counter electrode. Optimized combination of these factors leads to a more efficient cell. This paper presents the effect of these parameters on cell efficiency. TiO 2 nanoporous thin films of different thicknesses (5 µm to 25 µm) were fabricated on indium doped tin oxide (ITO) coated glass by doctor blading method and characterized by inverted microscope, stylus surface profiler and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Natural organic dye of different concentrations, extracted from turmeric, was prepared with ethanol solvent. Different combinations of dye concentrations and film thicknesses along with different types of carbon catalyst have been investigated by I-V characterization. The result shows that the cell made of a counter electrode catalyst material prepared by candle flame carbon combined with about 15 µm thick photoelectrode and 100 mg/mL dye in ethanol solvent, achieves the highest efficiency of 0.45 %, with open circuit voltage of 566 mV and short circuit current density of 1.02 mA/cm 2 .

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Efficiency enhancement of natural dye sensitized solar cell by optimizing electrode fabrication parameters

Hossain

Pervez

Tayyaba

et al. 2017

Materials Science-Poland

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“…Several interesting tracks including natural dyes were explored: the molecules of the group tannins, anthocyanins, carotenoids or chalone and many other compounds sometimes extracted from plant seeds answered as celery or onion. Natural dyes are a less expensive alternative, faster, environmentally friendly and low energy consumption for photosensitive pigment cell (DSSC) compared to the ruthenium complex [17,21,32].…”

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Review: From Screening to Application of Moroccan Dyeing Plants: Chemical Groups and Botanical Distribution

Imane

Idrissi

Draoui

et al. 2016

Int J Pharm Pharm Sci

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Many dyes are contained in plants and are used for coloring a medium. They are characterized by their content of dyes molecules. They stimulate interest because they are part of a sustainable development approach. There are several chemicals families of plant dye which are contained in more than 450 plants known around the world. In this article, a study based on literature allowed us to realize an inventory of the main dyes plants potentially present in Morocco. A list of 117 plants was established specifying their botanical families, chemical Composition, Colors and parts of the plant used.

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“…Initial attempts were focussed on the search of plant pigments obtained from flowers, leaves and fruits (anthocyanins, chlorophyll, xanthophylls, flavonoids and carotenes). They have showed efficiency values up to 2% (Calogero et al 2012;Shalini et al 2015), but recently the use of bacterial pigments has also been studied. The information supports that bacterial dyes have the potential to be used for manufacturing DSSC (Órdenes-Aenishanslins et al 2016;Molaeirad et al 2015;Fu et al 2014).…”

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Dye sensitized solar cells based on Antarctic Hymenobacter sp. UV11 dyes

Montagni

Enciso

Marizcurrena

et al. 2018

Environmental Sustainability

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Xanthophylls pigments extracted from Hymenobacter sp. UV11 (a bacterium that produces reddish colonies on agar) collected at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, were tested as sensitizers in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Experiments were performed in the presence and in the absence of a co-adsorbent, a slimy substance produced by UV11 and identified as a polysaccharide during this work. Results suggest that the highest conversion efficiency (0.03%) was obtained when using the orange-xanthophylls pigment in the presence of the α-1,4-glucan both co-extracted from UV11. This work highlights the importance of using co-adsorbents as co-adjuvants in the production of more efficient DSSC manufactured with bacterial dyes. These results may contribute to the development of an exploration program of Antarctic resources, and offer the possibility to start the change in the energetic matrix in that remote area of the Planet, decreasing the environmental impact associated with the use of fossil fuels.

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Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: Operation, materials and methods

Cited by 270 publications

References 105 publications

Efficiency enhancement of natural dye sensitized solar cell by optimizing electrode fabrication parameters

Efficiency enhancement of natural dye sensitized solar cell by optimizing electrode fabrication parameters

Review: From Screening to Application of Moroccan Dyeing Plants: Chemical Groups and Botanical Distribution

Dye sensitized solar cells based on Antarctic Hymenobacter sp. UV11 dyes

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