Development Of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

Zairi, Mohamad Amirul Zaim (2018) Development Of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Energy crisis is what being faced by every country today. Many efforts have been devoted to overcome the problems. One of several offered solutions is to develop solar cells (SCs) since solar energy is abundant and free to use. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were investigated for their conversion efficiency and known as low cost production because of the material is easily to get. In this research, plumeria rubra extract was employed as the dye for TiO2-based DSSC. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is fabricated on the Fluorine- Doped Tin Oxide (FTO) glass before applying the sensitizer. TiO2 powder was spin-coated on top of Fluorine- Doped Tin Oxide (FTO) conductive glass tested at different temperature and weight of Tio2. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) were used to characterize the morphology and structure of the material. Development of DSSC providing useful information for further studies related to the use of natural pigments as sensitizers for solar cells. Dye sensitized solar cell with dimension 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm is fabricated by using screen printing method of titanium dioxide (TiO2) by putting it on Fluorine- Doped Tin Oxide (FTO) coated glass. Then, the solar cell is tested under sunlight. Dye extracted from plumeria rubra with TiO2 viscosity 1.0 g is the most desired natural dye within the selected range of natural dye, with a value of Isc (0.0064 mA ), Voc (272.3mV) , FF (0.833), and ƞ( 0.00145).

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