Publication Date:
2018-11-20
Description:
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is one of photovoltaic solar cells, which is very favorable as alternative renewable energy source to anticipate the diminishing the fossil fuel due to its low-cost, ease of production and eco-friendliness. This work is aimed to investigate the correlation between TiO 2 nanostructure properties i.e.: crystallite size, surface area, band gap energy to obtain the optimum parameter for best performance as DSSC prototype. At this study, TiO 2 nanoparticles were synthesized via sol-gel process using titanium tetra-n-butoxide, ethanol, hydrochloric acid and deionized water with the ratio of (0.4 : 0.83 : 1 and 1.39) respectively upon sol preparation. The followed with multi-step calcinations to obtain anatase phase and post-hydrothermal process with various temperatures (100, 120, and 150 ˚C). As comparison, TiO 2 of P25 Degussa was used and also assembled to make DSSC. The X-ray diffraction, BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) a...
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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