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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 162, 2017
International Conference on Applied Photonics and Electronics 2017 (InCAPE2017)
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Article Number | 01045 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716201045 | |
Published online | 22 November 2017 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716201045
Recent improvements on TiO2 and ZnO nanostructure photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells: A brief review
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School of Microelectronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.
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Centre of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CeGeoGTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia.
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Advanced Multi-Disciplinary MEMS-Based Integrated NCER Centre of Excellence (AMBIENCE), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia.
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School of Material Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, P.O. Box 77, D/A Pejabat Pos Besar, 01000, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia.
* Corresponding author: ilisalwani@unimap.edu.my
Published online: 22 November 2017
Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is a promising candidate for a low cost solar harvesting technology as it promised a low manufacturing cost, ease of fabrication and reasonable conversion efficiency. Basic structure of DSSC consists of photoanode, dye, electrolyte and counter electrode. Photoanode plays an important role for a DSSC as it supports the dye molecules and helps in the electron transfer that will determine the energy conversion efficiency. This paper emphasizes the various improvements that had been done on the TiO2 and ZnO photoanode nanostructures synthesized through thermal method. For overall comparisons, ZnO nanoflowers photoanode had achieved the highest energy conversion efficiency of 4.7% due to its ability of internal light scattering that had increased the electron transportation rate. This has made ZnO as a potential candidate to replace TiO2 as a photoanode material in DSSC.
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