Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell

Electron transport properties; Hematite; II-VI semiconductors; Open circuit voltage; Solid electrolytes; Sols; Zinc oxide; Electron recombinations; Electron transport; Excited electrons; Field emission electron microscopy; Gel electrolyte; Optimum concentration; Polyacrylonitrile (PAN); Porous struc...

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Main Authors: Abdullah H., Mahalingam S., Abu Bakar N.A., Manap A., Othman M.H.D., Akhtaruzzaman M.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-268762023-05-29T17:37:27Z Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell Abdullah H. Mahalingam S. Abu Bakar N.A. Manap A. Othman M.H.D. Akhtaruzzaman M. 26025061200 55434075500 57223328289 57200642155 57217148784 57195441001 Electron transport properties; Hematite; II-VI semiconductors; Open circuit voltage; Solid electrolytes; Sols; Zinc oxide; Electron recombinations; Electron transport; Excited electrons; Field emission electron microscopy; Gel electrolyte; Optimum concentration; Polyacrylonitrile (PAN); Porous structures; Dye-sensitized solar cells This work aims to study the influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based DSSC incorporating PAN-based gel electrolyte. ZnO�Fe2O3/GO thin films and gel electrolyte were prepared using the sol�gel technique via spin-coating and polymerization of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) methods, respectively. The insertion of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO improved the open-circuit voltage and fill factor significantly. However, large amount of Fe2O3 (0.3%) inhibited the electron transport with high electron recombination rate (keff = 3044.62�s?1). The main reason for the low efficiency in ZnO�Fe2O3(0.3%)/GO is due to the energy band misalignment with the failure of the excited electron from the LUMO of dye into the conduction band of ZnO�Fe2O3(0.3%)/GO. The study found that the optimum concentration of Fe2O3 is 0.2% for an efficient DSSC. ZnO�Fe2O3(0.2%)/GO-based DSSC exhibited slow electron recombination of 0.751�s?1. Moreover, the fine nanoparticles of ZnO�Fe2O3(0.2%)/GO observed through field emission electron microscopy show a more porous structure that improved the short-circuit current density in DSSC. � 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Final 2023-05-29T09:37:27Z 2023-05-29T09:37:27Z 2022 Article 10.1007/s00289-021-03708-8 2-s2.0-85105548981 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105548981&doi=10.1007%2fs00289-021-03708-8&partnerID=40&md5=98ae8cb15f9bb3db75f23be609fad62e https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26876 79 6 4287 4301 Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH Scopus
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description Electron transport properties; Hematite; II-VI semiconductors; Open circuit voltage; Solid electrolytes; Sols; Zinc oxide; Electron recombinations; Electron transport; Excited electrons; Field emission electron microscopy; Gel electrolyte; Optimum concentration; Polyacrylonitrile (PAN); Porous structures; Dye-sensitized solar cells
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Abdullah H.
Mahalingam S.
Abu Bakar N.A.
Manap A.
Othman M.H.D.
Akhtaruzzaman M.
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author Abdullah H.
Mahalingam S.
Abu Bakar N.A.
Manap A.
Othman M.H.D.
Akhtaruzzaman M.
spellingShingle Abdullah H.
Mahalingam S.
Abu Bakar N.A.
Manap A.
Othman M.H.D.
Akhtaruzzaman M.
Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell
author_sort Abdullah H.
title Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell
title_short Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell
title_full Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell
title_fullStr Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Fe2O3 in ZnO/GO-based dye-sensitized solar cell
title_sort influence of fe2o3 in zno/go-based dye-sensitized solar cell
publisher Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
publishDate 2023
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