COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TiO2 AND ZnO APPLICATION IN HYBRID SOLAR CELLS USING COPOLYMER P3OT/P3MT

Autor: Letícia Fernanda Gonçalves Larsson, Gideã Taques Tractz, Guilherme Arielo Rodrigues Maia, Guilherme José Turcatel Alves, Paulo Rogério Pinto Rodrigues, Maico Taras da Cunha, Everson do Prado Banczek
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Química Nova, Vol 42, Iss 3, Pp 283-288 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-7064
0100-4042
DOI: 10.21577/0100-4042.20170344
Popis: Hybrid inorganic-organic solar cells are an attractive alternative energy source because of their low-cost production and ability to make use of a large amount of solar radiation available. This work aims to evaluate different solar cells composed of TiO2 and ZnO with P3OT/P3MT copolymer. Layers of semiconductor oxides were deposited on transparent fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) by spin coating and adsorption in the polymer solution. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), were used to characterize the fabricated semiconductors and curves of current density vs. potential (j-V), photochronoamperometry (j-t) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were used to determine their electrical characteristics. The XRD analyses confirmed the crystalline nature of the oxide materials. SEM micrographs showed the spherical morphology of ZnO and the poorly defined agglomerate morphology of TiO2. The electrochemical measurements proved that the best cell was produced with P3OT/P3MT copolymer and TiO2, owing to its lower charge transfer resistance, with the following photovoltaic parameters: Voc = 0.615 V ± 0.004, jsc = 1.545 mA cm-2 ± 0.240, FF = 0.637 ± 0.003, and η = 0.617% ± 0.117.
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