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

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 reas...

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Autores principales:	José A. Castillo-Robles, Enrique Rocha-Rangel, José A. Ramírez-de-León, Frida C. Caballero-Rico, Eddie N. Armendáriz-Mireles
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	renewable energy capture: solar energy Dye Sensitized Solar Cells natural dyes solar cells energy storage nanostructures efficiency Technology T Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aaacc9ec154f4f5a9cbfd289b2e995722021-11-25T18:03:10ZAdvances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review10.3390/jcs51102882504-477Xhttps://doaj.org/article/aaacc9ec154f4f5a9cbfd289b2e995722021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/5/11/288https://doaj.org/toc/2504-477XHuman 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 TiO<sub>2</sub> 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.José A. Castillo-RoblesEnrique Rocha-RangelJosé A. Ramírez-de-LeónFrida C. Caballero-RicoEddie N. Armendáriz-MirelesMDPI AGarticlerenewable energy capture: solar energyDye Sensitized Solar Cells natural dyessolar cellsenergy storagenanostructuresefficiencyTechnologyTScienceQENJournal of Composites Science, Vol 5, Iss 288, p 288 (2021)
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topic	renewable energy capture: solar energy Dye Sensitized Solar Cells natural dyes solar cells energy storage nanostructures efficiency Technology T Science Q
spellingShingle	renewable energy capture: solar energy Dye Sensitized Solar Cells natural dyes solar cells energy storage nanostructures efficiency Technology T Science Q José A. Castillo-Robles Enrique Rocha-Rangel José A. Ramírez-de-León Frida C. Caballero-Rico Eddie N. Armendáriz-Mireles Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review
description	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 TiO<sub>2</sub> 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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author	José A. Castillo-Robles Enrique Rocha-Rangel José A. Ramírez-de-León Frida C. Caballero-Rico Eddie N. Armendáriz-Mireles
author_facet	José A. Castillo-Robles Enrique Rocha-Rangel José A. Ramírez-de-León Frida C. Caballero-Rico Eddie N. Armendáriz-Mireles
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title	Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review
title_short	Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review
title_full	Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review
title_fullStr	Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review
title_full_unstemmed	Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review
title_sort	advances on dye-sensitized solar cells (dsscs) nanostructures and natural colorants: a review
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Advances on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Nanostructures and Natural Colorants: A Review

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