Effect of Different Solvents on The Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Fabricated Using Beetroot Dye

Effect of Different Solvents on The Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Fabricated Using Beetroot Dye
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© 2025 by IJETT Journal
Volume-73 Issue-8
Year of Publication : 2025
Author : Pronob Jyoti Saikia, Dhrubajyoti Saikia, Mukunda M. Borah, Swagatam Deva Nath, Biswadeep Gogoi, Priyanka Kumar
DOI : 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V73I8P117

How to Cite?
Pronob Jyoti Saikia, Dhrubajyoti Saikia, Mukunda M. Borah, Swagatam Deva Nath, Biswadeep Gogoi, Priyanka Kumar ,"Effect of Different Solvents on The Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Fabricated Using Beetroot Dye", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, vol. 73, no. 8, pp.202-213, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V73I8P117

Abstract
The Need for energy is increasing day by day worldwide. Conventional sources of energy are not sufficient to meet the global demand for the long future, and it is not environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Searching for renewable energy sources is expected to be the only solution for fulfilling the future energy demand in a green environment. Solar cells are the most promising renewable energy source. Different technologies are used to fabricate solar cells and to improve the cell performance. In this work, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) are fabricated using beetroot dye extracted with different organic solvents, viz., distilled water, acetone, ethanol and methanol. A thin film of Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is coated over Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide (FTO) coated glass surface as a photoanode using the spin coating technique. The crystallinity of the TiO2 has been studied using X-ray diffraction. UV-Visible Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis have been carried out for beet root dyes with different solvents. The effects of different solvents on the performance of solar cells have been studied. Here, the highest value of solar cell efficiency is obtained, 0.0155% for an ethanol and methanol-based dye sensitized solar cell, which is found to be better than that of a distilled water-based device.

Keywords
DSSC, Beet root, Characterization, Efficiency, Extracted, Solvent.

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