Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles

Light absorption by photovoltaic (PV) devices is shown to improve with the use of plasmonic silver nanoparticles (100 nm size) added to the active layer of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSCs). The electrolyte containing 2 wt. silver nanoparticles exhibits the highest conductivity of 1.27 × 10−2 S cm−1...

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Main Authors: Shah, Shahan, Zainal Abidin, Zul Hazrin, M. Noor, I., Osman, Zurina, Arof, A. K.
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Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109148/
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author Shah, Shahan
Zainal Abidin, Zul Hazrin
M. Noor, I.
Osman, Zurina
Arof, A. K.
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Zainal Abidin, Zul Hazrin
M. Noor, I.
Osman, Zurina
Arof, A. K.
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description Light absorption by photovoltaic (PV) devices is shown to improve with the use of plasmonic silver nanoparticles (100 nm size) added to the active layer of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSCs). The electrolyte containing 2 wt. silver nanoparticles exhibits the highest conductivity of 1.27 × 10−2 S cm−1. The DSSC using this electrolyte exhibits the highest efficiency of (6.99 ± 0.15) . The Jsc is (14.25 ± 0.71) mA cm−2, Voc is (0.70 ± 0.01) V and FF is (69.94 ± 3.80) . The same DSSC also exhibits the shortest electron transport time, τtr of (7.00 ± 0.41) ms and long recombination time, τrec of (87.22 ± 9.17) ms.
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spelling upm-1091482024-10-14T07:32:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109148/ Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles Shah, Shahan Zainal Abidin, Zul Hazrin M. Noor, I. Osman, Zurina Arof, A. K. Light absorption by photovoltaic (PV) devices is shown to improve with the use of plasmonic silver nanoparticles (100 nm size) added to the active layer of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSCs). The electrolyte containing 2 wt. silver nanoparticles exhibits the highest conductivity of 1.27 × 10−2 S cm−1. The DSSC using this electrolyte exhibits the highest efficiency of (6.99 ± 0.15) . The Jsc is (14.25 ± 0.71) mA cm−2, Voc is (0.70 ± 0.01) V and FF is (69.94 ± 3.80) . The same DSSC also exhibits the shortest electron transport time, τtr of (7.00 ± 0.41) ms and long recombination time, τrec of (87.22 ± 9.17) ms. Taylor and Francis Group 2023 Article PeerReviewed Shah, Shahan and Zainal Abidin, Zul Hazrin and M. Noor, I. and Osman, Zurina and Arof, A. K. (2023) Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 762 (1). pp. 88-98. ISSN 1542-1406; ESSN: 1563-5287 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15421406.2023.2180213 10.1080/15421406.2023.2180213
spellingShingle Shah, Shahan
Zainal Abidin, Zul Hazrin
M. Noor, I.
Osman, Zurina
Arof, A. K.
Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles
title Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles
title_full Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles
title_fullStr Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles
title_full_unstemmed Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles
title_short Performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with Ag nanoparticles
title_sort performance improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells with ag nanoparticles
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109148/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109148/