Improved Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 Nanoparticles/Zn-Doped TiO2 Hollow Fiber Photoanodes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Photoanode Characterization
2.2. Performance of DSSCs
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Synthesis and Characteristics of TiO2 NPs and Zn-Doped TiO2 HF
3.2. Counter Electrode
3.3. DSSC Fabrication and Testing
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Photoanode | VOC (V) | JSC (mA/cm2) | Fill Factor (%) | Efficiency (%) | Dye Loading (mol/cm2) |
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20 µm NP | 0.553 | 5.61 | 41.64 | 1.293 | 8.96 × 10−8 |
15 µm NP-5 µm HF | 0.566 | 15.81 | 34.91 | 3.122 | 8.17 × 10−8 |
10 µm NP-10 µm HF | 0.569 | 12.20 | 39.34 | 2.731 | 6.46 × 10−8 |
5 µm NP-15 µm HF | 0.562 | 9.08 | 32.11 | 1.636 | 5.84 × 10−8 |
20 µm HF | 0.612 | 2.94 | 49.55 | 0.890 | 4.65 × 10−8 |
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Arifin, Z.; Suyitno, S.; Hadi, S.; Sutanto, B. Improved Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 Nanoparticles/Zn-Doped TiO2 Hollow Fiber Photoanodes. Energies 2018, 11, 2922. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112922
Arifin Z, Suyitno S, Hadi S, Sutanto B. Improved Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 Nanoparticles/Zn-Doped TiO2 Hollow Fiber Photoanodes. Energies. 2018; 11(11):2922. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112922
Chicago/Turabian StyleArifin, Zainal, Suyitno Suyitno, Syamsul Hadi, and Bayu Sutanto. 2018. "Improved Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with TiO2 Nanoparticles/Zn-Doped TiO2 Hollow Fiber Photoanodes" Energies 11, no. 11: 2922. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112922