Comparative analysis of the photovoltaic cell parameters of dye-sensitized solar cells with composite photoanodes: Effect of the alien component

Umesh Fegade; Chen Conghao; You Jheng Chen; Thamraa Alshahrani; Firoz Khan; Mohammad Afzaal; Ren Jang Wu; Amir Al-Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114109

Comparative analysis of the photovoltaic cell parameters of dye-sensitized solar cells with composite photoanodes: Effect of the alien component

Umesh Fegade
, Chen Conghao
, You Jheng Chen
, Thamraa Alshahrani^*
, Firoz Khan
, Mohammad Afzaal
, Ren Jang Wu^*
, Amir Al-Ahmed^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The synthesis of uniform PbO_x-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles (NPs) was carried out and mixed with commercial P25 titanium dioxide (TiO₂) to fabricate a composite photoanode for enhancing adsorption and dye loading capabilities in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The resulting composite photoanode exhibited a broader absorption band than the photoanode composed solely of pure TiO₂. Amongst the different concentrations of PbO_x-Fe₂O₃ NPs tested, the composite photoanode containing 0.1 wt% of NPs demonstrated the highest power conversion efficiency of 5.03%. It was noticed that the resistive loss was reduced in the composite photoanode, which is beneficial for minimizing energy losses within the device. However, the presence of conductive paths introduced by the NPs increased recombination and current leakage losses. A trade-off between these two types of losses needs to be carefully managed to maximize the overall performance of the DSSCs.

Original language	English
Article number	114109
Journal	Optical Materials
Volume	143
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114109
State	Published - Sep 2023

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Dye-sensitized solar cells
PV cell parameters
PbO-FeO NP
Photoanode
Sperformance parameters

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Spectroscopy
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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