Top

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Published in:

22-11-2019

Photoanode annealing effect on charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cell

Authors: Waqas Pervez, Syeda Ramsha Ali

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 1/2020

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config

AI-assisted search

Off

Abstract

Solar energy is an abundantly available form of clean and renewable energy resource that can be used to generate electricity using many different photovoltaic technologies. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted attention of researchers due to their low cost and easy fabrication processes, when compared to conventional silicon-based photovoltaic devices. Performance enhancement of DSSCs continues to be the subject of recent research. In this work, FTO/TiO₂/N719/electrolyte/Pt-type conventional DSSCs were fabricated with and without heat treatment of the FTO/TiO₂ photoanode before sensitization and Pt counter electrode. Results of the photovoltaic and impedance spectroscopic measurements are reported and discussed. The photovoltaic data reveals relatively higher performance of the cell made after heat treatments of the photoanode and the counter electrodes. The objective of this research is to study the reason for high performance obtained employing the annealed photoanode. The overall power conversion efficiency and short-circuit current density of the device made after heat treatment are observed higher than the one without heat treatment by 165% and 206%, respectively. The impedance spectroscopic studies also confirmed high performance of the cell made after the heat treatments.

previous article Enhancement of the magnetic properties of Ni–Cu–Co ferrites by the magnetic Ce3+-ions substitution

next article Effects of MgO additive on microwave dielectric properties of NdNbO4 ceramics

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

B. O’regan, M. Grätzel, A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO₂ films. Nature 353, 737–740 (1991)CrossRef

D. Joly, L. Pellejà, S. Narbey, F. Oswald, J. Chiron, J.N. Clifford et al., A robust organic dye for dye sensitized solar cells based on iodine/iodide electrolytes combining high efficiency and outstanding stability. Sci. Rep. 4, 4033 (2014)CrossRef

D. Joly, L. Pelleja, S. Narbey, F. Oswald, T. Meyer, Y. Kervella et al., Metal-free organic sensitizers with narrow absorption in the visible for solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency. Energy Environ. Sci. 8, 2010–2018 (2015)CrossRef

S. Sigdel, H. Elbohy, J. Gong, N. Adhikari, K. Sumathy, H. Qiao et al., Dye-sensitized solar cells based on porous hollow tin oxide nanofibers. IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 62, 2027–2032 (2015)CrossRef

H. Elbohy, A. Aboagye, S. Sigdel, Q. Wang, M.H. Sayyad, L. Zhang et al., Graphene-embedded carbon nanofibers decorated with Pt nanoneedles for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 17721–17727 (2015)CrossRef

S.A.A. Shah, M.H. Sayyad, S. Abdulkarim, Q. Qiao, Step-by-step heating of dye solution for efficient solar energy harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Electron. Mater. 47, 4737–4741 (2018)CrossRef

M.K. Nazeeruddin, E. Baranoff, M. Grätzel, Dye-sensitized solar cells: a brief overview. Sol. Energy 85, 1172–1178 (2011)CrossRef

M. Su’ait, M. Rahman, A. Ahmad, Review on polymer electrolyte in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Sol. Energy 115, 452–470 (2015)CrossRef

W.M. Campbell, A.K. Burrell, D.L. Officer, K.W. Jolley, Porphyrins as light harvesters in the dye-sensitised TiO₂ solar cell. Coord. Chem. Rev. 248, 1363–1379 (2004)CrossRef

10.

K. Saranya, M. Rameez, A. Subramania, Developments in conducting polymer based counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells–An overview. Eur. Polym. J. 66, 207–227 (2015)CrossRef

11.

Q. Wali, A. Fakharuddin, R. Jose, Tin oxide as a photoanode for dye-sensitised solar cells: current progress and future challenges. J. Power Sources 293, 1039–1052 (2015)CrossRef

12.

R.K. Kanaparthi, J. Kandhadi, L. Giribabu, Metal-free organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: recent advances. Tetrahedron 68, 8383–8393 (2012)CrossRef

13.

H.M. Upadhyaya, S. Senthilarasu, M.-H. Hsu, D.K. Kumar, Recent progress and the status of dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) technology with state-of-the-art conversion efficiencies. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 119, 291–295 (2013)CrossRef

14.

J. Gong, J. Liang, K. Sumathy, Review on dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs): fundamental concepts and novel materials. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 16, 5848–5860 (2012)CrossRef

15.

M.R. Narayan, Review: dye sensitized solar cells based on natural photosensitizers. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 16, 208–215 (2012)

16.

A. Hagfeldt, G. Boschloo, L. Sun, L. Kloo, H. Pettersson, Dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem. Rev. 110, 6595–6663 (2010)CrossRef

17.

N.A. Ludin, A.A.-A. Mahmoud, A.B. Mohamad, A.A.H. Kadhum, K. Sopian, N.S.A. Karim, Review on the development of natural dye photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 31, 386–396 (2014)CrossRef

18.

M. Kouhnavard, S. Ikeda, N. Ludin, N.A. Khairudin, B. Ghaffari, M. Mat-Teridi et al., A review of semiconductor materials as sensitizers for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 37, 397–407 (2014)CrossRef

19.

M. Ye, X. Wen, M. Wang, J. Iocozzia, N. Zhang, C. Lin et al., Recent advances in dye-sensitized solar cells: from photoanodes, sensitizers and electrolytes to counter electrodes. Mater. Today 18, 155–162 (2015)CrossRef

20.

H.C. Weerasinghe, F. Huang, Y.-B. Cheng, Fabrication of flexible dye sensitized solar cells on plastic substrates. Nano Energy 2, 174–189 (2013)CrossRef

21.

S. Almosni, A. Delamarre, Z. Jehl, D. Suchet, L. Cojocaru, M. Giteau et al., Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 19, 336–369 (2018)CrossRef

22.

P. Pandey, M.R. Parra, F.Z. Haque, R. Kurchania, Effects of annealing temperature optimization on the efficiency of ZnO nanoparticles photoanode based dye sensitized solar cells. J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 28, 1537–1545 (2017)CrossRef

23.

S. Mahalingam, H. Abdullah, I. Ashaari, S. Shaari, A. Muchtar, Influence of heat treatment process in In 2 O 3-MWCNTs as photoanode in DSSCs. Ionics 22, 711–719 (2016)CrossRef

24.

S. Mahalingam, H. Abdullah, S. Shaari, A. Muchtar, I. Asshari, Structural, morphological, and electron transport studies of annealing dependent In₂O₃ dye-sensitized solar cell. Sci. World J. 2015, 403848 (2015)CrossRef

25.

S.A. Patil, H.-J. Hwang, M.-H. Yu, N.K. Shrestha, H.-S. Kim, Photonic sintering of a ZnO nanosheet photoanode using flash white light combined with deep UV irradiation for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv. 7, 6565–6573 (2017)CrossRef

26.

S. Pace, A. Resmini, I.G. Tredici, A. Soffientini, X. Li, S. Dunn et al., Optimization of 3D ZnO brush-like nanorods for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv. 8, 9775–9782 (2018)CrossRef

27.

M. Khan, M. Saleem, S. Rehman, R. Qindeel, U. Hassan, M. Sajjad et al., Efficiency variation of composite films dye-sensitized solar cells at different annealing temperature. J. Nanoelectron. Optoelectron. 13, 1090–1095 (2018)CrossRef

28.

S. Saadaoui, M.A.B. Youssef, M.B. Karoui, R. Gharbi, E. Smecca, V. Strano et al., Performance of natural-dye-sensitized solar cells by ZnO nanorod and nanowall enhanced photoelectrodes. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 8, 287 (2017)CrossRef

29.

J. Bisquert, Chemical capacitance of nanostructured semiconductors: its origin and significance for nanocomposite solar cells. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 5, 5360–5364 (2003)CrossRef

30.

G. Garcia-Belmonte, A. Munar, E.M. Barea, J. Bisquert, I. Ugarte, R. Pacios, Charge carrier mobility and lifetime of organic bulk heterojunctions analyzed by impedance spectroscopy. Org. Electron. 9, 847–851 (2008)CrossRef

31.

G. Tsekouras, M. Miyashita, Y.K. Kho, W.Y. Teoh, A.J. Mozer, R. Amal et al., Charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on flame-made nanoparticles. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 16, 1641–1648 (2010)CrossRef

32.

J. Carr, S. Chaudhary, On accurate capacitance characterization of organic photovoltaic cells. Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 213902 (2012)CrossRef

33.

S.A.A. Shah, M.H. Sayyad, F. Wahab, K.A. Khan, M.A. Munawar, H. Elbohy et al., Synthesis, modeling and photovoltaic properties of a benzothiadiazole based molecule for dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 5, 4501–4507 (2016)CrossRef

34.

H. C. Pham, P. Koshy, J. M. Cox, and C. C. Sorrell, Effect of heat treatment temperature on properties of nanocrystalline, photoactive, titania, thin films on polymer and fused quartz, in Ceramic materials for energy applications IV: a collection of papers presented at the 38th international conference on advanced ceramics and composites, January 27–31, 2014, Daytona Beach, FL, 2015, p. 61

35.

M. Atif, W. Farooq, A. Fatehmulla, M. Aslam, S.M. Ali, “Photovoltaic and impedance spectroscopy study of screen-printed TiO₂ based CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells. Materials 8, 355–367 (2015)CrossRef

36.

I. Yahia, S. AlFaify, A.A. Al-ghamdi, H.S. Hafez, S. El-Bashir, A. Al-Bassam et al., Synthesis and characterization of DSSC by using Pt nano-counter electrode: photosensor applications. Appl. Phys. A 122, 569 (2016)CrossRef

Title: Photoanode annealing effect on charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cell
Authors: Waqas Pervez
Syeda Ramsha Ali
Publication date: 22-11-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02584-3

Springer Professional

Abstract

Please log in to get access to your license.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Technik"

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Other articles of this Issue 1/2020

Fabrication and characterization of conductive silk fibroin–gold nanocomposite films

Improving the formaldehyde gas sensing performance of the ZnO/SnO2 nanoparticles by PdO decoration

The preparation and electrochemical study of LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode material for lithium-ion battery

Dielectric relaxation and electrical conductivity studies in (100 − x)(Li0.12Na0.88)NbO3 − xBaTiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 40) ferroelectric ceramics: an impedance spectroscopic analysis

PEDOT:PSS post-treated by DMSO using spin coating, roll-to-roll and immersion: a comparative study

Amorphous CoS modified nanorod NiMoO4 photocatalysis for hydrogen production