The Application of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Using rGO and MBs in Series-Parallel Under Low Illumination

Jung-Chuan Chou; Jun-Xiang Chang; Po-Hui Yang; Chih-Hsien Lai; Po-Yu Kuo; Yu-Hsun Nien; Ruei-Hong Syu; Po-Feng Cheng

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3202302

IEEE Access (Jan 2022)

The Application of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Using rGO and MBs in Series-Parallel Under Low Illumination

Jung-Chuan Chou,
Jun-Xiang Chang,
Po-Hui Yang,
Chih-Hsien Lai,
Po-Yu Kuo,
Yu-Hsun Nien,
Ruei-Hong Syu,
Po-Feng Cheng

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Jung-Chuan Chou: ORCiD; Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Jun-Xiang Chang: Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Po-Hui Yang: ORCiD; Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Chih-Hsien Lai: ORCiD; Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Po-Yu Kuo: ORCiD; Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Yu-Hsun Nien: ORCiD; Graduate School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Ruei-Hong Syu: Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan
Po-Feng Cheng: Graduate School of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3202302
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10
pp. 90467 – 90473

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The advantage of the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is utilized indoor fluorescent light illumination, but the output power of DSSC is not high enough. In this study, we provided a structure for DSSCs, and characterized the photovoltaic performances under air mass 1.5 global and indoor fluorescent light illumination. The photoanode of DSSC is based on titanium dioxide (TiO2) – magnet beads (MBs) – reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composited photoanode (TMGP), which was fabricated by hydrothermal method, spin coating, and doctor blade. According to the experimental results, adding MBs and rGO to DSSCs can enhance the charge transfer ability, reducing the occurrence of charge recombination, thereby improving the photovoltaic performance. DSSCs with TMGP photoanode can maintain a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of around 14 % under indoor light.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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