STUDY OF SENSITIZATION OF THERMALLY-SYNTHESIZED TiO2 POWDERS FOR NATURAL DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC)

Main Author: , Anis Widiyanti, Kuwat Triyana, Indriana Kartini
Format: Article NonPeerReviewed
Terbitan: [Yogyakarta] : Fak. MIPA Universitas Gadjah Mada , 2007
Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/93966/
http://repository.ugm.ac.id/digitasi/index.php?module=cari_hasil_full&idbuku=1765
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  • <p>Nanocrystalline TiO2 powders were prepared in ethanol by thermal sol-gel method using an aqueous solution<br /> of titanium(IV) tetraisopropoxide as precursor. Synthesis was done without surfactants. The prepared TiO2 powders<br /> were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) to determine the phase and composition of the crystalline powders, FTIR<br /> to identify their functional groups. Morphology of the powders was observed using Scanning Electron Microscopy.<br /> Isotherm of N2 adsorption-desorption analysis was performed to identify surface area and porosity of TiO2 powders.<br /> Difractogram of titania powders shows that it consists of anatase. Sensitization study of natural dyes from fruit<br /> extract of duwet (Eugenia jambolana Lam) and wood extract of Tegeran (Maclura cochinensis) was performed on<br /> slip-casted TiO2 films prepared from the resultant TiO2 powders. The extracts of natural dyes in ethanol were<br /> adsorbed onto TiO2 film for 20 hours. Characterization of TiO2 film was performed by X &ndash