DYE PHOTOSENSITIZERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON DSSC EFFICIENCY: A REVIEW

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Abstract

Since early 1990s dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) has been developed by many research groups all over the World. This paper presents a review of researches focusing on photosensitizer influence on DSSC efficiency. Variety of dye substance has been analyzed. The highest efficiency around 11.2% has been noted for ruthenium-based DSSC devices. Natural dyes allowed to reach 4.6%. The most metal-free organic dyes resulted in efficiency ranged from 5% to 9%, however, some of them (e.g. Y123) allowed to obtain devices with efficiencies equal to 10.3%. Co-sensitization is the new approach which results in efficiencies up to 14.3%.

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photovoltaic cells, renewable energy sources, energy conversion, DSSC

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DYE PHOTOSENSITIZERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON DSSC EFFICIENCY: A REVIEW. (2019). Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska, 9(3), 86-90. https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.34