Facta universitatis - series: Electronics and Energetics 2023 Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages: 159-170
https://doi.org/10.2298/FUEE2302159S
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Investigation of dye-sensitized solar cell performance based on vertically aligned TiO2 nanowire photoanode
Shougaijam Biraj (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipur Technical University, Takyelpat, Manipur, India), biraj.sh89@gmail.com
Singh Salam Surjit (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipur Technical University, Takyelpat, Manipur, India)
In this work, we present our results related to the development of
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) based on vertically aligned TiO2-nanowire
(NW) and Ag nanoparticle (NP) assisted vertically aligned TiO2-NW (TAT)
photoanode fabricated by the glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique on
fluorine doped thin oxide (FTO) substrates. The scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) analysis reveals that the Ag-NP assisted vertically aligned TiO2-NW
photoanode was successfully deposited on FTO substrates. The average length
and diameter of the NW have been measured to be ~ 350 nm and ~ 90 - 100 nm,
respectively. Moreover, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray
diffraction (XRD) manifest the presence of small crystals of TiO2 and Ag.
Further, the absorption spectrum analysis reveals that the incorporation of
Ag-NP in TiO2-NW increases absorption in the visible region, but decreases
the efficiency of the cell after the incorporation of the nanoparticle. The
calculated bandgap of the annealed Ag-NP (30 nm) assisted TiO2-NW (TAT@30nm)
sample from the photoluminescence (PL) graph is ~ 3.12 eV. Finally, it is
observed that the TiO2-NW based DSSC device shows better performance in
terms of photo conversion efficiency (PCE) compared to the TAT@30nm
photoanode based device, with an efficiency of ~0.61 % from the former and ~
0.24 % from the latter. This reduction in the efficiency of TAT@30nm based
devices is due to the larger size of Ag-NP, in which the nanoaprticle acts
as an electron sink and acts as a blocking layer.
Keywords: DSSCs, e-beam, nanowire, nanoparticle, TiO2
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