Journal of Engineering in Industrial Research

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Enhance and Performance Evolution of Silver-Doped Titanium Dioxide Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Different Dyes

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

Sandra Onyeka Malumi 1
Temitope Malumi 2
Mike Onyehachukwu Osiele 3
Arthur Ekpekpo 3
Imosobomeh L. Ikhioya 4, 5

1 Department of Physics, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State, Nigeria

2 School of Organizations, Systems, and People, University of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

3 Department of Physics, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria

4 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 410001, Enugu State, Nigeria

5 National Centre for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

https://doi.org/10.48309/jeires.2023.4.1
Abstract
In this study, silver was used to doped TiO2 with Azadirachtaindica (neem), Annonamuricata (Soursop leaf), Manihotesculenta (cassava leaf), and Myrianthus arboreus (Coat button leaf) for DSSCs fabrication. The sensitized TiO2/silver with dye recorded an efficiency of 0.49%, 0.03%, 0.05%, and 0.22% for Azadirachtaindica (neem), Annonamuricata (Soursop leaf), Manihotesculenta (cassava leaf), and Myrianthus arboreus (Coat button leaf) respectively. The optical energy bandgap was observed to be 2.32 eV for TiO2 and 2.52 eV, 2.31 eV, 2.49 eV, and 2.51 eV for Neem, Soursop Cassava, and Coat button leaf dye. The structure of the cells is polycrystalline with a most outstanding peak at 2 theta angles of 30.375 o and 30.464 o corresponding to (200) therefore, secondary peaks were noticed at 2 theta angles of 24.891 °, 27.509 o, 32.915 o, 27.509 o, 35.296 o, 38.814 o, 43.152 o, 47.579 o, 53.231 o and 59.130 o for TiO2 and 26.116 °, 27.835 o, 32.667 o, 36.195 o, 39.802 o, 41.926 o, 47.173 o, 52.084 o, and 58.152 o for TiO2/Ag0.1/Neem leaf, TiO2/Ag0.1/soursop leaf, and TiO2/Ag0.1/cassava leaf which corresponds to (101), (004), (105), (211), (204), (116), (220), and (215) and (303) subsequently

Keywords

Titanium dioxide
Efficiency
DSSCs
FTO
Dye

Subjects

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Journal of Engineering in Industrial Research
Volume 4, Issue 4
Autumn 2023
Pages 189-200

  • Receive Date 26 October 2023
  • Revise Date 16 December 2023
  • Accept Date 23 December 2023

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