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Performances of flexible dye‐sensitized solar cells fabricated with binder‐free nanostructure TiO₂

Authors: S. C. Poh, H. Ahmad, C. H. Ting, H. T. Tung, H. K. Jun

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 9/2021

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Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is getting much attention in recent years due to its low-cost fabrication feature. DSSC mimics the natural photosynthesis process that converts solar energy into electricity. To be adopted in IoT devices, DSSC needs to be flexible and versatile. In this work, flexible DSSC was fabricated from binder-free TiO₂ paste. The ratios of TiO₂ powder to alcohol precursor were varied. The aim was to investigate the optimum amount of TiO₂ powder to ethanol and the effect of different alcohol used as precursor. Hydrochloric acid was added in the TiO₂ paste in order to improve the connectivity of the particles. The corresponding mechanical integrity of the as-prepared film was studied as well. From the result, the optimum conversion efficiency achieved in this work was 2.12% where the film had a ratio of TiO₂ powder to ethanol of 25 wt%.

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Title: Performances of flexible dye‐sensitized solar cells fabricated with binder‐free nanostructure TiO2
Authors: S. C. Poh
H. Ahmad
C. H. Ting
H. T. Tung
H. K. Jun
Publication date: 06-04-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 9/2021
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05833-6

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