Effect of sintering temperatures and screen printing types on TiO{sub 2} layers in DSSC applications

Journal Article · Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943444· OSTI ID:22590839

Supriyanto, Agus; Furqoni, Lutfi; Nurosyid, Fahru; Suryana, Risa ^[1]; Hidayat, Jojo ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sebel as Maret University Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Kentingan Surakarta 57126 (Indonesia)
2. Research Center for Electronics and Telecommunication, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (PPET-LIPI) Kampus LIPI Gd. 20 Jl. Sangkuriang Bandung (Indonesia)

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) is a candidate solar cell, which has a big potential in the future due to its eco-friendly material. This research is conducted to study the effect of sintering temperature and the type of screen-printing toward the characteristics of TiO{sub 2} layer as a working electrode in DSSC. TiO{sub 2} layers were fabricated using a screen-printing method with a mesh size of T-49, T-55, and T-61. TiO{sub 2} layers were sintered at temperatures of 600°C and 650°C for 60 min. DSSC structure was composed of TiO{sub 2} as semiconductors, ruthenium complex as dyes, and carbon as counter electrodes. The morphology of TiO{sub 2} layer was observed by using Nikon E2 Digital Camera Microscopy. The efficiencies of DSSC were calculated from the I-V curves. The highest efficiency is 0.015% at TiO{sub 2} layer fabricated with screen type T-61 and at a sintering temperature of 650°C.

• OSTI ID: 22590839
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1717, Issue 1; Conference: ICE-SEAM 2015: 4. international conference and exhibition on sustainable energy and advanced materials 2015, Solo (Indonesia), 11-12 Nov 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
14 SOLAR ENERGY
CARBON
DYES
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRODES
LAYERS
MICROSCOPY
MORPHOLOGY
RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES
SCREEN PRINTING
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SINTERING
SOLAR CELLS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
TITANIUM OXIDES