scholarly journals USAGE OF MIXTURE OF JACKFRUITLATEX AND ACTIVATED CHARCOAL POWDER AS THE COUNTER ELECTRODE IN PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-739
Author(s):  
P.N. Dissanayake ◽  
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P.M. Sirimanne ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Activated Charcoal ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Electrochemical Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Counter Electrode Material

The counter electrode plays major role in achieving of maximum performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). A mixture of jack-fruit latex and activated charcoal is used for the first time in DSSCs as counter electrode material. Maximum short-circuit photo-performances of 3.2 mAcm-2was achieved for the TiO2|mercurochrome|(I-/I3-) solar cells at optimal amount of binder percentage of 15% of jackfruit latex, under AM 1.5 conditions.

Effects of Activated Carbon Counter Electrode on Bifacial Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1016 ◽  
pp. 863-868
Author(s):  
Tika Erna Putri ◽  
Yuan Hao ◽  
Fadzai Lesley Chawarambwa ◽  
Hyunwoong Seo ◽  
Min Kyu Son ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Optical Losses ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

The losses of solar cells are consisted of electrical losses and optical losses. Optical losses chiefly reduce the short-circuit current. Here we apply bifacial cell approach to increase light absorption and the short-circuit current of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). We have employed activated carbon (AC) as a very low cost counter electrode, an alternative to Pt counter electrode. Addition of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and titanium carbonitride (TiCN) to AC increase the efficiency of bifacial DSSC at a mirror angle of from 5.10% to and , respectively. These results indicate that AC has the potential to replace Pt as a very low cost counter electrode of bifacial DSSCs. The bifacial DSSC system using double plane mirrors improve PCE to for Pt counter electrode at a mirror angle of , and for AC counter electrode at a mirror angle of , respectively.

Influence of earth-abundant bimetallic (Fe–Ni) nanoparticle-embedded CNFs as a low-cost counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (54) ◽  
pp. 43611-43619 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Saranya ◽  
A. Subramania ◽  
N. Sivasankar
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Carbon Nanofibers ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Electrospinning Technique ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Earth Abundant ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Counter Electrode Material

Earth-abundant bimetallic (Fe–Ni) nanoparticle-embedded carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have been prepared by electrospinning technique and used as counter electrode (CE) material for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

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