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Title: Fabrication and characterization of ZnO:In thin film as photoanode for DSSC using natural fruit dyes

Abstract

Dye synthesized solar cell (DSSC) is the third generation solar cell and is considered as low cost solar cell as it does not involved neither complicated fabrication process nor expensive materials. DSSC is made of two conductive glasses, photoanode, counter electrode, electrolyte and dye. Previously, majority of the researchers have been using titanium dioxide and ruthenium as the photoanode and dye respectively. This project is carried out to produce a lower cost DSSC by using natural fruit as the dye and exploring the potential of zinc oxide (ZnO) and indium (In) as the photoanode. The morphology of the thin film surfaces were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy which shows that the increment of indium dopant changes the rough surface texture of the thin film and directly reduces the empty spaces between the particles. Theoretically, this structure can help to reduce the light reflection on the solar cell surface. The thin ZnO:In films are immersed in 3 different fruit dyes (plum, apple and orange). The electrical properties of the DSSCs are displayed in the I-V curves and from this research, it shows that the highest efficiency of DSSC is gained from the dopant combination of ZnO{sub 0.8}In{sub 0.2} for all themore » dyes. The best efficiency of this research is the DSSC using plum dye with 0.34% compared to apple dye and orange dye which give 0.23% and 0.19% respectively.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Eectrical, Electronic and Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor (Malaysia)
  2. Semiconductor Photonics and Integrated Lightwave Systems (SPILS), Tun Abdul Razak Laser Laboratory (TAREL), School of Microelectronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kampus Pauh Putra, 02600 Arau, Perlis (Malaysia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22391672
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1660; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: ICoMEIA 2014: International Conference on Mathematics, Engineering and Industrial Applications 2014, Penang (Malaysia), 28-30 May 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; APPLES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DYES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICATION; GAIN; INDIUM; MORPHOLOGY; ORANGES; PLUMS; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACES; TEXTURE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM OXIDES; VISIBLE RADIATION; ZINC OXIDES

Citation Formats

Mohamad, Ili Salwani, Norizan, Mohd Natashah, Hanifiah, Mohd Khairul Fikri Mohd, Amin, Intan Azanni Mohd, and Shahimin, Mukhzeer Mohamad. Fabrication and characterization of ZnO:In thin film as photoanode for DSSC using natural fruit dyes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4915767.
Mohamad, Ili Salwani, Norizan, Mohd Natashah, Hanifiah, Mohd Khairul Fikri Mohd, Amin, Intan Azanni Mohd, & Shahimin, Mukhzeer Mohamad. Fabrication and characterization of ZnO:In thin film as photoanode for DSSC using natural fruit dyes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915767
Mohamad, Ili Salwani, Norizan, Mohd Natashah, Hanifiah, Mohd Khairul Fikri Mohd, Amin, Intan Azanni Mohd, and Shahimin, Mukhzeer Mohamad. 2015. "Fabrication and characterization of ZnO:In thin film as photoanode for DSSC using natural fruit dyes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915767.
@article{osti_22391672,
title = {Fabrication and characterization of ZnO:In thin film as photoanode for DSSC using natural fruit dyes},
author = {Mohamad, Ili Salwani and Norizan, Mohd Natashah and Hanifiah, Mohd Khairul Fikri Mohd and Amin, Intan Azanni Mohd and Shahimin, Mukhzeer Mohamad},
abstractNote = {Dye synthesized solar cell (DSSC) is the third generation solar cell and is considered as low cost solar cell as it does not involved neither complicated fabrication process nor expensive materials. DSSC is made of two conductive glasses, photoanode, counter electrode, electrolyte and dye. Previously, majority of the researchers have been using titanium dioxide and ruthenium as the photoanode and dye respectively. This project is carried out to produce a lower cost DSSC by using natural fruit as the dye and exploring the potential of zinc oxide (ZnO) and indium (In) as the photoanode. The morphology of the thin film surfaces were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy which shows that the increment of indium dopant changes the rough surface texture of the thin film and directly reduces the empty spaces between the particles. Theoretically, this structure can help to reduce the light reflection on the solar cell surface. The thin ZnO:In films are immersed in 3 different fruit dyes (plum, apple and orange). The electrical properties of the DSSCs are displayed in the I-V curves and from this research, it shows that the highest efficiency of DSSC is gained from the dopant combination of ZnO{sub 0.8}In{sub 0.2} for all the dyes. The best efficiency of this research is the DSSC using plum dye with 0.34% compared to apple dye and orange dye which give 0.23% and 0.19% respectively.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4915767},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22391672}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1660,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}