Effect of growth temperature and time on the ZnO film properties and the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Iwantono, I.; Nurwidya, W.; Lestari, Lina; Naumar, Fitri Yenni; Nafisah, Suratun; Umar, Akrajas Ali; Rahman, Mohd Yusri Abd; Salleh, Muhamad Mat

doi:10.1007/s10008-014-2737-z

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“…The highest h produced from this work is higher with those reported in Refs. [21,22] which were 0.28% and 0.14%, respectively. However, it is smaller than those reported in Refs.…”

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Effect of boric acid composition on the properties of ZnO thin film nanotubes and the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Rahman

Roza

Umar

et al. 2015

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

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“…The highest h produced from this work is higher with those reported in Refs. [21,22] which were 0.28% and 0.14%, respectively. However, it is smaller than those reported in Refs.…”

Section: Fabrication and Performance Study Of Dsscmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…% H 3 BO 3 sample possesses the lowest absorption since it has the smallest nanotube diameter as illustrated in Table 1. The smaller diameter nanotube absorbs less light than the nanotube with the bigger diameter [21]. Fig.…”

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confidence: 98%

Effect of boric acid composition on the properties of ZnO thin film nanotubes and the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Rahman

Roza

Umar

et al. 2015

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

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“…The 0.1 M sample shows the highest absorption, while the 0.4 M sample possesses the lowest absorption since it has the smallest particle size. The particles with smaller size absorb less light than those with bigger size [15]. These results are opposite to those of absorption.…”

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Effect of Growth Solution Concentration on the Performance of Boron Doped ZnO Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

Rahman

Umar

Roza

et al. 2015

J. New Mat. Electrochem. Sys.

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Synthesis parameter plays important role in modifying physical property of metal oxide films which serve as photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). This paper reports the synthesis of boron doped ZnO nanostructures via seed mediated growth hydrothermal technique and their application as photanode in DSSC. The growth process was carried out at various solution concentrations, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 M. The solution contains 1 % wt. dimethyl borate as boron source, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) surfactant and zinc nitrate (Zn(NO3)2). The samples are crystalline with wurtzite phase. The morphological shape of the samples changes with the growth solution concentration. The optical absorption increases as the concentration increases. However, the band gap does not significantly change with the concentration. The DSSC utilizing the ZnO sample prepared at 0.1 M solution performs the best photovoltaic parameters with the JSC of 0.969 mA cm-2, FF of 0.48 and η of 0.222%, respectively since it shows the highest absorption and lowest photoluminescence in visible region.

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“…Next, the final concentration of that solution was maintained at 0.04 M and then inserts them in heating drying oven with various temperature such as 70, 80, 90 and 100 C for 1 hour. The detail of the ZnOnanorods preparation processes has been described very well elsewhere [3,4]. The resultant ZnOnanorod were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Halo DB-20 UV-Vis spectrometer, and Carl Zeiss Supra 55VP field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) to investigate their composite-structure, optical absorbance properties and morphology as well.…”

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Effect of Growth Temperature on ZnO Nanorod Properties and Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Performance

Umar¹

2016

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Nanostructure of semiconductor materials zinc oxide (ZnO) is widely used in fabrication of solar cell devices. The performance of such devices is strongly depending on the nanostructures of the thin films used. In this paper reports the effect of growth temperature during synthesis of one-dimensional (1-D) anatase ZnO nanorod arrays through hydrothermal process facing their structure, morphology, and optical properties. The ZnO nanorod was first synthesized use the solution concentration and time fixed at 0.04M and 1 hour. The growth temperature were varied from 70, 80, 90 and 100 ∘ C. The effect of growth temperature on the structural, morphology, and optical absorption of ZnO nanorod were studied by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and UV-vis spectroscopy. The regularity, diameters, heights, and surface densities of the ZnO nanorods were increased with the growth temperature.The optimum results of FESEM characterizations showed that the grown ZnO nanorods have diameters of 64.14 ± 8.3 nm, heights of 363.72 ± 34 nm and surface densities of 182 numbers/ m 2 which was obtained at temperature of 90 ∘ C. The optimum ZnO nanorod film was utilized as photo anode in dye sensitized solar cells. The DSSC yielded Jsc of 0.86 mA/cm 2 , Voc of 0.49 V, and FF of 38 %, resulting in PCE of 0.16 %.

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Effect of growth temperature and time on the ZnO film properties and the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

Effect of boric acid composition on the properties of ZnO thin film nanotubes and the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Effect of boric acid composition on the properties of ZnO thin film nanotubes and the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Effect of Growth Solution Concentration on the Performance of Boron Doped ZnO Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

Effect of Growth Temperature on ZnO Nanorod Properties and Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Performance

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