Spinel oxide incorporated photoanode for better power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells

Umesh Fegade; Yu Chen Lin; Chia Ching Lin; Inamuddin; Ren Jang Wu; Badriah Alshahrani; Thamraa Alshahrani; Amir Al-Ahmed; Firoz Khan; Mohd Taukeer Khan; Nafis Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.167976

Spinel oxide incorporated photoanode for better power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells

Umesh Fegade^*, Yu Chen Lin, Chia Ching Lin, Inamuddin, Ren Jang Wu, Badriah Alshahrani, Thamraa Alshahrani, Amir Al-Ahmed, Firoz Khan, Mohd Taukeer Khan, Nafis Ahmad

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In this study, ZnMn₂O₄ (ZMO) nanoparticles were synthesized and mixed with the commercial TiO₂ to prepare composite photoanode. Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) device was fabricated and highest power conversion efficiency of 5.09% was obtained for the cell with 0.1 wt% of ZMO in the photoanode, while in similar condition the device with pure TiO₂ photoanode showed power conversion efficiency of 4.124%. This improvement in the power conversion efficiency of the composite photoanode based cell was attributed to the presence of critical amount of ZMO which synergistically improve the light absorption, charge transport properties prevented charge recombination, eventually it improved open-circuit voltage (V_oc) and short-circuit current (I_sc).

Original language	English
Article number	167976
Journal	Optik
Volume	247
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.167976
State	Published - Dec 2021

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Dye-sensitized solar cell
Photoanode
Power conversion efficiency
ZnMnO

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Spinel oxide incorporated photoanode for better power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells

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