ELECTROPHORESIS-BASE DYE ADSORPTION INTO TITANIUM DIOXIDE FILM FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL APPLICATION
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- Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) is one of renewable energy sources which has demanded a substitute non renewable energy sources. The most important factor influencing DSSC performance is dye adsorption into semiconductor nano-porous TiO2 particles. The purpose of this work is to study the effect of dye eosin Y adsorption on DSSC characteristics by an electrophoresis method. As result, Open Circuit Voltage (VOC) of DSSC increases as the applied voltage of electrophoresis increases. It is also found that the eosin Y absorbance at wavelength of around 500 nm increases when the electrophoresis voltage is increased. These results indicate that electrophoresis process plays an important role in dye adsorption.Keywords: DSSC, Dye adsorption, Eosin Y, Electrophoresis process, Applied voltage.