Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization

Autores
Yañuk, Juan G.; Cabrerizo, Franco M.; Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar; Cerdá, María F.
Año de publicación
2019
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Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology represents a valuable source for renewable energy production. Although with a rather low conversion efficiency, the continuous improvement of the price/performance ratio is making this technology more competitive than other sources of electrical power generation. To date, one of the major challenges is the search of novel and low-cost photosensitizers, a key player in the overall photo-conversion process. Natural dyes have shown to be an excellent alternative that still needs to be further explored. In this work, the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of two different families of naturally occurring pigments (i.e, ß-carboline alkaloids (ßCs) and the red protein R-phycoerythrin (R-PE)) as well as their role in DSSCs are addressed. DSSC assemblies show that R-PE represents a highly suitable photosensitizer showing quite a high stability with a relative high solar energy to electricity conversion efficiency (n=0.11%) when comparing with other recombinant proteins (n=0.30%). Algae extracts used without further purification showed herein the highest efficiencies. The latter fact has a concomitant positive effect on the overall production cost of these photovoltaic cells. Surprisingly, and despite their positive effect on the coating of the semiconductor surface, the use of ßCs as additive decreases the overall conversion efficiency of the R-PE based DSSCs evaluated. Data support the hypothesis these alkaloids would be blocking the incident UVB/UVA radiation.
Fil: Yañuk, Juan G. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Yañuk, Juan G. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Cabrerizo, Franco M. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Cabrerizo, Franco M. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Chubut. Grupo de investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Acuicultura y Pesca; Argentina.
Fil: Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Estudio de Sistemas Marinos; Argentina.
Fil: Cerdá, María F. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Laboratorio de Biomateriales; Uruguay.
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Energy Reports 6(4): 25-36 (2020)
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R-phycoerythrin red protein
ß-carboline alkaloids
Dye sensitized solar cell
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spelling Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterizationYañuk, Juan G.Cabrerizo, Franco M.Dellatorre, Fernando GasparCerdá, María F.R-phycoerythrin red proteinß-carboline alkaloidsDye sensitized solar cellDye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology represents a valuable source for renewable energy production. Although with a rather low conversion efficiency, the continuous improvement of the price/performance ratio is making this technology more competitive than other sources of electrical power generation. To date, one of the major challenges is the search of novel and low-cost photosensitizers, a key player in the overall photo-conversion process. Natural dyes have shown to be an excellent alternative that still needs to be further explored. In this work, the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of two different families of naturally occurring pigments (i.e, ß-carboline alkaloids (ßCs) and the red protein R-phycoerythrin (R-PE)) as well as their role in DSSCs are addressed. DSSC assemblies show that R-PE represents a highly suitable photosensitizer showing quite a high stability with a relative high solar energy to electricity conversion efficiency (n=0.11%) when comparing with other recombinant proteins (n=0.30%). Algae extracts used without further purification showed herein the highest efficiencies. The latter fact has a concomitant positive effect on the overall production cost of these photovoltaic cells. Surprisingly, and despite their positive effect on the coating of the semiconductor surface, the use of ßCs as additive decreases the overall conversion efficiency of the R-PE based DSSCs evaluated. Data support the hypothesis these alkaloids would be blocking the incident UVB/UVA radiation.Fil: Yañuk, Juan G. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.Fil: Yañuk, Juan G. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.Fil: Cabrerizo, Franco M. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.Fil: Cabrerizo, Franco M. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.Fil: Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Chubut. Grupo de investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Acuicultura y Pesca; Argentina.Fil: Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Estudio de Sistemas Marinos; Argentina.Fil: Cerdá, María F. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Laboratorio de Biomateriales; Uruguay.Peer Reviewed2024-02-14T16:17:00Z2024-02-14T16:17:00Z2019-11-13info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloplainapplication/pdf2352-4847https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248471930321Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12272/9478https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2019.10.045Energy Reports 6(4): 25-36 (2020)reponame:Repositorio Institucional Abierto (UTN)instname:Universidad Tecnológica Nacionalenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-14T16:17:00Zhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/2026-09-24T12:44:07Zoai:ria.utn.edu.ar:20.500.12272/9478instacron:UTNInstitucionalhttp://ria.utn.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://ria.utn.edu.ar/oaigestionria@rec.utn.edu.ar; fsuarez@rec.utn.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:a2026-09-24 12:44:08.703Repositorio Institucional Abierto (UTN) - Universidad Tecnológica Nacionalfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
title Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
spellingShingle Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
Yañuk, Juan G.
R-phycoerythrin red protein
ß-carboline alkaloids
Dye sensitized solar cell
title_short Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
title_full Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
title_fullStr Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
title_full_unstemmed Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
title_sort Photosensitizing role of R-phycoerythrin red protein and ß-carboline alkaloids in Dye sensitized solar cell. Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Yañuk, Juan G.
Cabrerizo, Franco M.
Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar
Cerdá, María F.
author Yañuk, Juan G.
author_facet Yañuk, Juan G.
Cabrerizo, Franco M.
Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar
Cerdá, María F.
author_role author
author2 Cabrerizo, Franco M.
Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar
Cerdá, María F.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv R-phycoerythrin red protein
ß-carboline alkaloids
Dye sensitized solar cell
topic R-phycoerythrin red protein
ß-carboline alkaloids
Dye sensitized solar cell
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology represents a valuable source for renewable energy production. Although with a rather low conversion efficiency, the continuous improvement of the price/performance ratio is making this technology more competitive than other sources of electrical power generation. To date, one of the major challenges is the search of novel and low-cost photosensitizers, a key player in the overall photo-conversion process. Natural dyes have shown to be an excellent alternative that still needs to be further explored. In this work, the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of two different families of naturally occurring pigments (i.e, ß-carboline alkaloids (ßCs) and the red protein R-phycoerythrin (R-PE)) as well as their role in DSSCs are addressed. DSSC assemblies show that R-PE represents a highly suitable photosensitizer showing quite a high stability with a relative high solar energy to electricity conversion efficiency (n=0.11%) when comparing with other recombinant proteins (n=0.30%). Algae extracts used without further purification showed herein the highest efficiencies. The latter fact has a concomitant positive effect on the overall production cost of these photovoltaic cells. Surprisingly, and despite their positive effect on the coating of the semiconductor surface, the use of ßCs as additive decreases the overall conversion efficiency of the R-PE based DSSCs evaluated. Data support the hypothesis these alkaloids would be blocking the incident UVB/UVA radiation.
Fil: Yañuk, Juan G. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Yañuk, Juan G. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Cabrerizo, Franco M. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Cabrerizo, Franco M. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús; Argentina.
Fil: Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Chubut. Grupo de investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Acuicultura y Pesca; Argentina.
Fil: Dellatorre, Fernando Gaspar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Estudio de Sistemas Marinos; Argentina.
Fil: Cerdá, María F. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias. Laboratorio de Biomateriales; Uruguay.
Peer Reviewed
description Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology represents a valuable source for renewable energy production. Although with a rather low conversion efficiency, the continuous improvement of the price/performance ratio is making this technology more competitive than other sources of electrical power generation. To date, one of the major challenges is the search of novel and low-cost photosensitizers, a key player in the overall photo-conversion process. Natural dyes have shown to be an excellent alternative that still needs to be further explored. In this work, the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of two different families of naturally occurring pigments (i.e, ß-carboline alkaloids (ßCs) and the red protein R-phycoerythrin (R-PE)) as well as their role in DSSCs are addressed. DSSC assemblies show that R-PE represents a highly suitable photosensitizer showing quite a high stability with a relative high solar energy to electricity conversion efficiency (n=0.11%) when comparing with other recombinant proteins (n=0.30%). Algae extracts used without further purification showed herein the highest efficiencies. The latter fact has a concomitant positive effect on the overall production cost of these photovoltaic cells. Surprisingly, and despite their positive effect on the coating of the semiconductor surface, the use of ßCs as additive decreases the overall conversion efficiency of the R-PE based DSSCs evaluated. Data support the hypothesis these alkaloids would be blocking the incident UVB/UVA radiation.
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