Heliyon (Feb 2024)

Experimental and theoretical study of improved mesoporous titanium dioxide perovskite solar cell: The impact of modification with graphene oxide

  • Chou-Yi Hsu,
  • H.N.K. AL-Salman,
  • Hussein H. Hussein,
  • Nizomiddin Juraev,
  • Zaid H. Mahmoud,
  • Saeb Jasim Al-Shuwaili,
  • Hanan Hassan Ahmed,
  • Ahmed Ali Ami,
  • Nahed Mahmood Ahmed,
  • Seitkhan Azat,
  • Ehsan kianfar

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 4
p. e26633

Abstract

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The present study serves experimental and theoretical analyses in developing a hybrid advanced structure as a photolysis, which is based on electrospun Graphene Oxide-titanium dioxide (GO-TiO2) nanofibers as an electron transfer material (ETMs) functionalized for perovskite solar cell (PVSCs) with GO. The prepared ETMs were utilized for the synthesis of mixed-cation (FAPbI3)0.8(MAPbBr3)0.2. The effect of GO on TiO2 and their chemical structure, electronic and morphological characteristic were investigated and discussed. The elaborated device, namely ITO/Bl-TiO2/3 wt% GO-TiO2/(FAPbI3)0.8(MAPbBr3)0.2/spiro-MeTAD/Pt, displayed 20.14% disposition and conversion solar energy with fill factor (FF) of 1.176%, short circuit current density (Jsc) of 20.56 mA/cm2 and open circuit voltage (VOC) 0.912 V. The obtained efficiency is higher than titanium oxide (18.42%) and other prepared GO-TiO2 composite nanofibers based ETMs. The developed materials and device would facilitate elaboration of advanced functional materials and devices for energy storage applications.

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