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Series-Interconnected Plastic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by Low- Temperature Binder-Free Titania Paste Rosa, Erlyta Septa; Muliani, Lia; Shobih, Shobih; Hidayat, Jojo; Yuliarto, Brian
Makara Journal of Technology Vol. 18, No. 2
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The aim of this research is to study dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). This was implemented on a flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate using a mixture of transparent and scattered mesoporous anatase-titania as the electron transport layer for the photoelectrode. This mixture of anatase titania performed a dual function of light scattering and efficient dye absorption. In this study, a porous nano-TiO2 film was prepared on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by using a binder-free titania paste; on it, a DSSC was fabricated. The paste which contained a mixture of TiO2 nanoparticles, acid chloride, and ethanol was printed on two patterns of 1x6 cm2 active areas followed by sintered at 120 ºC to form TiO2 films. A commercial dye, N719, was adsorbed on the surface of TiO2 films and assembled to two platinized conductive plastic patterns to form a counter electrode and thus a sandwich-type dye cell. Finally, a solution of KI/I2 electrolytes was injected into the cell in which a couple of sandwich-type dye cells with an active area of 6 cm2 for each cell were series interconnected with a z-type interconnection between the photoelectrode of one cell and the counter electrode of another cell. The cell performance was characterized by employing simulated solar light at an intensity of 50 mW/cm2. The results showed interconnected cells generating a short-circuit photocurrent density of 2.34 mA/cm2, an open-circuit voltage of 1.10 volt, and overall 0.172% power conversion efficiency.
The Addition of C, Zn-C, and Sn-C on Anatase Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Application Novianti, Ressa Muhripah; Nursam, Natalita Maulani; Shobih, Shobih; Hidayat, Jojo; Soepriyanto, Syoni
Metalurgi Vol 38, No 1 (2023): Metalurgi Vol. 38 No. 1 2023
Publisher : National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)

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DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) is a third-generation photovoltaic technology that can convert solar energy into electric current using a photoelectrochemical mechanism. Photoelectrode is one of the significant elements in DSSC, where photoexcited electrons are generated, and serves as an electron transport medium. Anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) is often used as photoelectrode material because of its excellent photoactivity, high stability, non-toxicity, environmental friendliness, and low price. Many DSSC modifications have been conducted to overcome the efficiency limitations in DSSC, and one of them is carried out by modifying the TiO2 via doping. In this study, TiO2 doped with C and co-doping with Zn (Zn-C) and Sn (Sn-C) were prepared using sol-gel reactions, and they were subsequently applied and tested as photoelectrode in DSSC. The results showed that undoped and doped TiO2 had a porous spherical morphology with inhomogeneous particle sizes. The addition of C, Zn-C and Sn-C dopants has reduced in the crystallite size and the band gap energy of TiO2. The efficiency of DSSC with undoped TiO2 DSSC was 3.83%, while the best performance was obtained from DSSC C-TiO2 with an efficiency of 4.20%. In contrast, the DSSC with Zn-C-TiO2 and Sn-C-TiO2 co-doping produced unexpectedly lower efficiency of 0.71% and 0.85%, respectively.