Study on dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency improvement using methyl orange dye

Qurratulain; Safia Akhtar Kazmi; Salman Hameed; Rupendra Kumar Pachauri; Baseem Khan; Ahmed Ali

doi:10.1007/s40243-025-00296-9

Study on dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency improvement using methyl orange dye

Qurratulain, Safia Akhtar Kazmi, Salman Hameed, Rupendra Kumar Pachauri, Baseem Khan, Ahmed Ali

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In this work, different varieties of dye sensitized solar cells are fabricated by simple fabrication process. In this fabrication extract of butea monosperma flower, methylene blue and methyl orange dyes are used as sensitizers. The photovoltaic performance of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has been studied. The performances of two different types of photo-electrodes are also tested in this work. The morphology and bandgap of TiO₂ (titanium dioxide) and ZnO (Zinc oxide) was observed from XRD, FTIR spectroscopy and UV-vis Spectrum. It is found that TiO₂ based DSSCs have better performance. It also observed that the current density and efficiency was increased from 7.46 to 12.9 mA/cm² and from 1.34 to 6.8% respectively when using methyl orange as a dye. Hence it can be said that methyl orange dye enhanced the photovoltaic performance of DSSC.

Original language	English
Article number	24
Journal	Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40243-025-00296-9
Publication status	Published - Apr 2025

Keywords

DSSCs
Dye
Methyl orange
Methylene blue
TiO
ZnO

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Materials Chemistry

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