Effect of Electrical Resistance of TiO₂ Layer Characteristics of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Using Chlorophyll as a Sensitizer

Abstract:

The third generation of solar cells found by Gratzel in 1991 was called Dye-sensitized Solar Sell (DSSC). DSSC is composed of five parts, namely transparent conductive glass as a substrat; titanium dioxide as a semiconductor materials; chlorophyll as a dye sensitizer, carbon as a catalyst which can convert energy of light into electrical energy. Characterization of DSSC will be carried out in this research covering electrical characterization using RLC meter & I-V meter, optical characterization using Spectrophotometer. TiO₂ nanoparticle in in anatase phase having size of 13 nm used in this experiment was synthesized by co-precipitation method. Photoanode with thickness of 10 μm has the lowest resistance compared to the other thickness of 30 μm and 50 μm. The device applying photoanode of 10 μm shows the highest efficiency up to 0.1141 %, while those with other thicknesses respectively gives 0.0378%, and 0,0283%, revealing the efficiency becomes lower with the increasing thickness of TiO₂.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 966)
• Pages: 422-427
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.966.422
• Online since: August 2019
• Authors: Nurrisma Puspitasari, Nurul Yanti Cahaya, Gatut Yudoyono, Gontjang Prajitno, Darminto Darminto
• Keywords: Chlorophyll, Dye, Resistance, Titanium Dioxide

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