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Dye sensitized solar cells fabricated using a novel , 2, 4 DFP dye and standard N 719 a nd Z 907 d yes: a comparative study

JEHAN AKBAR1,2,* , KIRAN ZEB1, AZHAR MUHAMMAD NAEEM3, KAMRAN ABID3, NIGHAT SULTANA4, AMAD ANWAR5

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan
  2. International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  4. Department of Biochemistry, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan
  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract

We report on the sensitization of a novel dye and fabrication and characterization of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) using the novel dye. The novel dye was tested for solar cell applications and the DSSCs fabricated with this dye were compared with DSSCs based on commercially available N719 and Ruthenium/5DN (Z-907) dyes. The devices fabricated with 2, 4 DFP dye shows efficiency of 0.90% while similar devices based on N-719 dye and Z-907 dye exhibit 3.005% and 6.59% respectively. The open circuit voltage of devices based on the novel dye is comparable to N719 dye and gives fill factor of about 73% (highest among the fabricated solar cells), which shows high quality of the devices based on novel dye..

Keywords

Photoelectrochemistry, Dye solar cells, Solar light energy conversion, Polymer electrolyte.

Citation

JEHAN AKBAR, KIRAN ZEB, AZHAR MUHAMMAD NAEEM, KAMRAN ABID, NIGHAT SULTANA, AMAD ANWAR, Dye sensitized solar cells fabricated using a novel , 2, 4 DFP dye and standard N 719 a nd Z 907 d yes: a comparative study, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 12, 3-4, March-April 2018, pp.168-170 (2018).

Submitted at: May 19, 2017

Accepted at: April 5, 2018