Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Natural Dye Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina, Goeppertia macrosepala Leaves, and Cnestis ferruginea Fruit as Photosensitizers

Ayodele O. Soge; Abayomi F. Oshin; Christoph Ulbricht; Felix Mayr; Olumide D. Olukanni; Oluropo F. Dairo; Modupe E. Sanyaolu; Olalere G. Adeyemi; Serpil Tekoglu; Markus C. Scharber; Alexander A. Willoughby

doi:10.1007/s11664-025-12194-x

Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Natural Dye Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina, Goeppertia macrosepala Leaves, and Cnestis ferruginea Fruit as Photosensitizers

Ayodele O. Soge^*, Abayomi F. Oshin, Christoph Ulbricht, Felix Mayr, Olumide D. Olukanni, Oluropo F. Dairo, Modupe E. Sanyaolu, Olalere G. Adeyemi, Serpil Tekoglu, Markus C. Scharber, Alexander A. Willoughby

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8628-8642
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Electronic Materials
Volume	54
Issue number	10
Early online date	24 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-025-12194-x
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025

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Soge, A. O., Oshin, A. F., Ulbricht, C., Mayr, F., Olukanni, O. D., Dairo, O. F., Sanyaolu, M. E., Adeyemi, O. G., Tekoglu, S., Scharber, M. C., & Willoughby, A. A. (2025). Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Natural Dye Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina, Goeppertia macrosepala Leaves, and Cnestis ferruginea Fruit as Photosensitizers. Journal of Electronic Materials, 54(10), 8628-8642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-025-12194-x

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Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Natural Dye Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina, Goeppertia macrosepala Leaves, and Cnestis ferruginea Fruit as Photosensitizers. / Soge, Ayodele O.; Oshin, Abayomi F.; Ulbricht, Christoph et al.
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Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Natural Dye Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina, Goeppertia macrosepala Leaves, and Cnestis ferruginea Fruit as Photosensitizers

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