Dye Sensitized Solar Cells for Conversion of Solar Energy into Electricity
| Autor: | A. Cagatay Cakir, Sule Erten-Ela |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Photocurrent
Materials science Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Scanning electron microscope Band gap Energy Engineering and Power Technology Solar energy Dye-sensitized solar cell Fuel Technology Nuclear Energy and Engineering Electrode Optoelectronics Nanorod business Layer (electronics) |
| Zdroj: | Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. 37:807-816 |
| ISSN: | 1556-7230 1556-7036 |
| Popis: | In this article, nanorod ZnO structured dye sensitized solar cells have been fabricated. Also, a compact ZnO layer was prepared to prevent back electron reactions. Device architectures were fabricated in a FTO/compact ZnO layer/nanorod ZnO layer/dye/redox mediator/Pt/FTO configuration. Nanorod ZnO electrodes were synthesized using microwave irradiation with a diameter of 14–18 nm and a length of 558 nm. The ZnO nanorod, compact ZnO products were analyzed and characterized using x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. ZnO nanorod structured dye sensitized solar cells using triphenylene diamine dyes with and without a ZnO compact layer showed efficiencies in the range of 0.64–0.96%. Sensitization of a ZnO nanorod structured dye sensitized solar cell device using TPD_2 dye with the lowest band gap shows the cell performance with an efficiency (η) of 0.84%, a short-circuit photocurrent density (Isc) of 3.49 mA/cm2, an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 600 mV, and a fill factor of 0.40. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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