The Effect of Gel-Electrolyte on Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Prototype based on Nanosized-TiO2 Using Mangosteen Pericarp as Absorber

Main Authors: Kumila, Biaunik Niski, Prajitno, Gontjang
Other Authors: Department of Physics, Wallisongo State Islamic University and Dapartment of Physics, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
Format: Article info application/pdf eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang , 2017
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Online Access: https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/JNSMR/article/view/1692
https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/JNSMR/article/view/1692/1269
Daftar Isi:
  • Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) with Fluorine deped Tin Oxide (FTO) substrat and nanosize-TiO2 layer sensitized by “dye” ,mangosteen pericarp extract, was succesfully fabricated. Gel-Electrolyte as electron regenerator was synthesized by adding Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) 1000 to electrolyte solution while nanosize-TiO2 was synthesized by co-precipitation method from TiCl3 solution. The crystal size of TiO2 characterized by X-Ray Diffraction is 10.5 nm in size. The solar absorbance of “dye” mangosteen pericarp was measured using UV-Vis Spectrophotometer and it showed that the dye can absorb photon at Near Ultraviolet (NUV) to yellow visible light. Nanosize-TiO2 based DSSC with gel-electrolyte successfully reached short circuit current up to 30.9 μA, open circuit voltage 398.3 mV and performed the long term stability. ©2017 JNSMR UIN Walisongo. All rights reserved