Piper Ornatum and Piper Betle as Organic Dyes for TiO2 and SnO2 Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) mimics the principle of natural photosynthesis are now currently investigated due to low manufacturing cost as compared to silicon based solar cells. In this report, we utilized Piper ornatum (PO) and Piper betle (PB) as sensitizer to fabricate low cost DSSCs. We com...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 979; no. 1
Main Authors Hayat, Azwar, E. Putra, A. Erwin, Amaliyah, Novriany, Hayase, Shuzi, Pandey, Shyam. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2018
Subjects
Circuits
Dye-sensitized solar cells
Dyes
Energy levels
Low cost
Open circuit voltage
Photosynthesis
Photovoltaic cells
Physics
Production costs
Semiconductors
Short circuit currents
Tin dioxide
Titanium dioxide
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Summary:Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) mimics the principle of natural photosynthesis are now currently investigated due to low manufacturing cost as compared to silicon based solar cells. In this report, we utilized Piper ornatum (PO) and Piper betle (PB) as sensitizer to fabricate low cost DSSCs. We compared the photovoltaic performance of both sensitizers with Titanium dioxide (TiO2) and Tin dioxide (SnO2) semiconductors. The results show that PO and PB dyes have higher Short circuit current (Jsc) when applied in SnO2 compared to standard TiO2 photo-anode film even though the Open circuit voltage (Voc) was hampered on SnO2 device. In conclusion, from the result, higher electron injections can be achieved by choosing appropriate semiconductors with band gap that match with dyes energy level as one of strategy for further low cost solar cell.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/979/1/012062