Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are under extensive research works due to their appealing features such as low production costs. The production costs and energy conversion efficiency of DSSCs is strongly influenced by the types of dyes used to harvest photons. Natural dyes extracted from different sources are emerged as a potential candidates to synthetic photosensitizers due to their merit properties including low cost, complete biodegradability, availability and less environmental concern. In order to improve the energy conversion efficiency of natural photosensitizers, blending of different dyes, co-pigmentation of dyes, acidifying of dyes and other approaches have been conducted by researchers, resulting in appreciable performance. This paper reviews the factors affecting the stability of anthocyanin pigments and also the solvents needed for efficient extraction of anthocyanins. Moreover, the potential application of anthocyanin dyes as photosensitizers for DSSC along with the work done over the years is covered.

染料敏化太阳能电池（DSSC）由于具有吸引人的特性（例如较低的生产成本）而正在接受广泛的研究。DSSC的生产成本和能量转换效率受到用于收获光子的染料类型的强烈影响。从不同来源提取的天然染料因其优点包括低成本，完全的生物降解性，可利用性和对环境的关注而成为合成光敏剂的潜在候选者。为了提高天然光敏剂的能量转换效率，研究人员已经进行了各种染料的掺混，染料的共色素沉着，染料的酸化和其他方法的研究，从而产生了可观的性能。本文概述了影响花色苷颜料稳定性的因素，以及有效提取花色苷所需的溶剂。此外，还涵盖了花色素苷染料作为DSSC光敏剂的潜在应用以及多年来所做的工作。