Comparison Study of Natural Dye Sensitisers in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

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Published: Sep 15, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33093/jetap.2025.7.2.3
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Solar-cells, Photovoltaics, TiO2, DSSC, Anthocyanin, Chlorophyll, Natural dye

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Faisal Abdullah Sadeq
Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Cheikh Zakaria Eldjilali
Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Pei Ling Low
Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Gregory Soon How Thein
Centre for Advanced Devices and Systems, COE for Robotics and Sensing Technologies, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Kar Ban Tan
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
H. C. Ananda Murthy
Department of Applied Sciences, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, 411, Papua New Guinea.
Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf
Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Kah Yoong Chan
Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1076-5034

Abstract

This work explored the performance and characterisation of dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) based on sustainable dyes, as compared to traditionally applied dyes consisting of metal compounds. Several natural sources were used to extract the dye, including mangosteen, thyme, coriander, spearmint, ginger, and papaya. The samples were investigated, and a comparison was made between the performance of each dye. The ruthenium sensitised control sample yielded a Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of 3.9642% with a Fill Factor (FF) of 69.434%. Among natural dye sensitisers anthocyanin pigment-rich dye from mangosteen performed the best with PCE and FF of 0.7677% and 68.55%, respectively. Other natural dye-sensitised samples all depicted PCE < 0.3% but relatively close FF, ranging from 50% to around 70%.

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F. A. Sadeq, “Comparison Study of Natural Dye Sensitisers in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells”, Journal of Engineering Technology and Applied Physics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 26–34, Sep. 2025.
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