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Titania sensitized with SPADNS dye for dye sensitized solar cell

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Synthesis of anatase TiO2 nanoparticle with diameter about 25 nm is carried out by using chemical method and powder of TiO2 nanoparticle is pasted on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass by doctor blade. New organic SPADNS dye (C16H9N2Na3O11S3) is used first time to make the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Cell were constructed by using SPADNS dye loaded wide band gap anatase TiO2 nanoparticle on FTO coated glass as photo-anode, polyiodide as electrolyte, and platinum coated FTO as counter electrode. SPADNS dye was made from organic reagent which is low cost and easy available in market. Better adsorption of SPADNS dye on anatase TiO2 film is due to porous nature of TiO2. This better adsorption gives more transportation of electron from dye to TiO2 which increase the efficiency of solar cell. Although SPADNS dye is the first experiment with TiO2 nanoparticle for DSSC, it gives photocurrent (short-circuit current density) 1.04 mA/cm2, open-circuit voltage 0.59 V, with 0.9 % efficiency under 10 mW/m2 LED.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology of India, for their financial support of this research under INSPIRE Faculty Award No. DST/INSPIRE Faculty Award/2013/IFA13-PH-63.

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  1. Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly, University of Pune), Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007, India

    Pravin N. Didwal, Kalpana S. Pawar, Parameshwar R. Chikate, Habib M. Pathan & Rupesh S. Devan

  2. Department of Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, 411025, India

    Ashutosh C. Abhyankar

  3. Centre for Physical Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bhatinda, Punjab, 151001, India

    Rupesh S. Devan

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Didwal, P.N., Pawar, K.S., Chikate, P.R. et al. Titania sensitized with SPADNS dye for dye sensitized solar cell. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 27, 12446–12451 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5431-3

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