Natural dyes extracted from Ligustrum vulgare, Juniperus sabina, and Papaver rhoeas for novel DSSC applications

Erdoğdu M., ATILGAN A., ERDOĞDU Y., YILDIZ A.

Materials Letters, vol.358, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 358
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135811
  • Journal Name: Materials Letters
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: Energy storage and conversion, FTIR, Solar energy materials, Spectroscopy
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

An effective extraction strategy has been devised to get natural dye sensitizers from Ligustrum vulgare fruit (M1), Juniperus sabina fruit (M6), and Papaver rhoeas petal (M9) to produce dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The power conversion efficiencies (PCE) achieved from the DSSCs with dyes extracted from Ligustrum vulgare fruit, Juniperus sabina fruit, and Papaver rhoeas petal are 0.48 %, 0.55 %, and 0.42 %, respectively. The improved photovoltaic efficiency of the DSSCs created using Juniperus sabina fruit can be primarily due to the notable increase in the open circuit voltage, which reached 0.66 V.