Progress on electrolytes development in dye-sensitized solar cells

H Iftikhar, GG Sonai, SG Hashmi, AF Nogueira… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been intensely researched for more than two
decades. Electrolyte formulations are one of the bottlenecks to their successful …

Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells—perspective and recent developments: a review of Cd chalcogenide quantum dots as sensitizers

HK Jun, MA Careem, AK Arof - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The emergence of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) has provided an alternative
way to harvest sunlight for energy conversion. Among all the QDSSCs, cadmium …

Biopolymer-based electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells: A critical review

MM Hasan, MD Islam, TU Rashid - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Continual escalation of our world population demands a vast and safe energy supply, the
majority of which has been produced by fossil fuel sources. However, because of the huge …

A dye sensitized solar cell using natural counter electrode and natural dye derived from mangosteen peel waste

W Maiaugree, S Lowpa, M Towannang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Mangosteen peel is an inedible portion of a fruit. We are interested in using these residues
as components of a dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Carbonized mangosteen peel was …

Application of dyes extracted from Alternanthera dentata leaves and Musa acuminata bracts as natural sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

MAM Al-Alwani, NA Ludin, AB Mohamad… - Spectrochimica acta part …, 2018 - Elsevier
The natural dyes anthocyanin and chlorophyll were extracted from Musa acuminata bracts
and Alternanthera dentata leaves, respectively. The dyes were then applied as sensitizers in …

Efficiency enhancement by mixed cation effect in dye-sensitized solar cells with a PVdF based gel polymer electrolyte

AK Arof, MF Aziz, MM Noor, MA Careem… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reports the effect of using a mixed iodide salt system with two dissimilar cations to
enhance the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells made with polyvinylidenefluoride (PVdF) …

The sensitization effect of anthocyanin and chlorophyll dyes on optical and photovoltaic properties of zinc oxide based dye-sensitized solar cells

WA Dhafina, MZ Daud, H Salleh - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, natural dyes based on anthocyanin and chlorophyll pigments were extracted
from the powder of P. rubra flowers and S. androgynous leaves respectively and used as …

Natural dye extracted from Pandannus amaryllifolius leaves as sensitizer in fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells

MAM Al-Alwani, AB Mohamad, HK Abd Amir… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was fabricated with natural chlorophyll dye extracted
from pandan (Pandannus amaryllifolius) leaves as natural sensitizer. Chlorophyll dye was …

Towards green, efficient and durable quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells integrated with a cellulose-based gel-polymer electrolyte optimized by a chemometric DoE …

F Bella, JR Nair, C Gerbaldi - RSC advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
An innovative biopolymer composite electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs),
obtained by quasi-solidifying an indigenous liquid electrolyte containing supporting salts …

Fabrication of dye sensitized solar cell using gel polymer electrolytes consisting poly (ethylene oxide)-acetamide composite

N Pavithra, AM Asiri, S Anandan - Journal of Power Sources, 2015 - Elsevier
Gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) are synthesized by incorporating different wt%(0%, 2%, 4%,
5%, 6% and 8%) of acetamide in poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) with LiI/I 2. The conformational …