Fabrication and characterization of highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells with composited dyes

As a representative of the next-generation solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) offer the efficient and ease of implementation of new technology for future energy supply. Herein, four commercially available dyes including, curcumin (C), betanin (B), crystal violet (CV), and methylene blue...

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Published in:	Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 457 - 472
Main Authors:	Radloff, G. H. C., Naba, F. M., Ocran-Sarsah, D. B., Bennett, M. E., Sterzinger, K. M., Armstrong, A. T., Layne, O., Dawadi, M. B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-04-2022
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Summary:	As a representative of the next-generation solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) offer the efficient and ease of implementation of new technology for future energy supply. Herein, four commercially available dyes including, curcumin (C), betanin (B), crystal violet (CV), and methylene blue (MB), and their compositions were used as sensitizers for fabrication of titanium oxide photo-anode based DSSCs. All dyes were fully characterized using absorption and emission spectroscopy. Both DFT and TDDFT studies were also carried out to probe the electronic structure of these dyes. The power conversion efficiencies of each DSSCs prepared using the individual and composited dyes were measured and compared. Particularly, this is the first study to combine four different dyes for DSSCs, leading to a remarkable increase of power conversion efficiency. The DSSCs with combined curcumin, betanin, crystal violet, and methylene blue (in ratio 1:1:1:1 respectively) in ethanol exhibited the highest power conversion efficiency of 3.63%.
ISSN:	1842-3582 1842-3582
DOI:	10.15251/DJNB.2022.172.457