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Comparative Study of Bismuth Ferrite Deposition Method on TiO2 Nanotube and Performance of Hydrogen Evolution in a Photoelectrochemical Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Tandem System Yunita, Yunita; Syauqi, Muhammad Iqbal; Gunlazuardi, Jarnuzi
Makara Journal of Science
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Hydrogen is a renewable and environmentally friendly energy source that can replace fossil fuels by utilizing solar energy through water splitting. The hydrogen production was conducted in this research by using a tandem system of dye-sensitized solar cell–photoelectrochemical cell (DSSC–PEC) and a TiO2 nanotube coated with BiFeO3 (BiFeO3/TNT) as a photoanode in the PEC. The deposition of BiFeO3 on TNT was prepared using the following three methods: successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR), ultrasonication-assisted SILAR, and ultrasonic– immersion method by varying the number of deposition cycles in each method. In this study, the optimum cycles for SILAR, ultrasonication-assisted SILAR, and ultrasonic–immersion methods were 15, 5, and 3, respectively. Results show that the BiFeO3 deposited on TNT using the ultrasonic–immersion method with three cycles (BiFeO3/TNT_UI3) demonstrates the best photoelectrochemical activity. The tandem system comprises BiFeO3/TNT_UI3 photoanode and Pt-coated TNT dark cathode PEC cell connected to TNT/N719-based DSSC with an efficiency of 1.27%. The constructed DSSC–PEC system could produce 3.11 × 10−6 mol hydrogen in 6 h with a solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency of 0.0033% in an H-type reactor filled with 0.5 M H2SO4 electrolyte.
TiO2 Crystallization at Room Temperature and Preparation of Transparent Carbon Counter Electrode for Low-Cost Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Syauqi, Muhammad Iqbal; Sanjaya, Afiten Rahmin; Madiabu, Mohammad Jihad; Khalil, Munawar; Gunlazuardi, Jarnuzi
Makara Journal of Science Vol. 27, No. 2
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We developed a low-cost dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using TiO2 fabricated via rapid breakdown anodization (RBA) and ultrafast room-temperature crystallization (URTC). The prepared TiO2 was deposited on a self-made fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conductive glass, and the FTO/TiO2 system was sensitized using curcumin dye. The DSSC was constructed by sandwiching the FTO/TiO2/curcumin electrode with an I−/I2 electrolyte and a transparent carbon counter electrode prepared using a liquid–liquid interface system. The characterization results showed that the TiO2 freshly prepared via URTC was transformed into an anatase crystalline phase, which exhibited a 3.10 eV band gap and a 10.08 nm average crystallite size, comparable to those of the TiO2 prepared via the conventional 450 °C annealing treatment (3.13 eV, 11.60 nm). The photocurrent activity of the URTC-prepared TiO2 under ultraviolet light (0.10 mA/cm2) was also comparable to that of the annealed TiO2 (0.12 mA/cm2). In addition, a transparent carbon electrode (FTO/Ct) was prepared successfully; it exhibited a ±58.26% transparency under visible light and comparable electrocatalytic activity to Pt-coated FTO. The DSSC based on FTO/TiO2-URTC/curcumin and FTO/Ct showed front and back illumination efficiencies of 0.47% and 0.26%, respectively. These results are only slightly lower than those of the conventional DSSC with FTO/annealed TiO2/curcumin//FTO/Pt, which exhibited front and back illumination efficiencies of 0.52% and 0.36%, respectively.