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Optimization of titanium dioxide decorated by graphene quantum dot as a light scattering layer for enhanced dye-sensitized solar cell performance


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Mustafa, Muhammad Norhaffis and Sulaiman, Yusran (2020) Optimization of titanium dioxide decorated by graphene quantum dot as a light scattering layer for enhanced dye-sensitized solar cell performance. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 876. art. no. 114516. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1572-6657

Abstract

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has some drawbacks that reduce its photovoltaic performances i.e. low dye loading capacity and low light-harvesting efficiency. Therefore, TiO2 decorated by graphene quantum dot (GQD) as a light scatterer has been successfully fabricated via electrodeposition and drop-casting. The response surface methodology/central composite design was successfully utilized to optimize the preparation of photoanode with TiO2-GQD as a light scattering layer (LSL). A reduced quadratic model was successfully designed to predict the power conversion efficiency (PCE) accurately up to 97% with a 3% residual standard error. The TiO2-GQD LSL depicted a cluster of spherical nanoparticles on top of the photoanode that not only enhanced the light scattering effect but also improved the light-harvesting range from visible light to ultraviolet and near-infrared range. The resultant TiO2 nanoparticles with TiO2-GQD LSL showed vast enhancement of PCE up to 66% from 3.06% to 5.01% due to a good synergistic effect.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Institute of Advanced Technology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114516
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Titanium dioxide (TiO2); Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); Graphene quantum dot (GQD)
Depositing User: Mohamad Jefri Mohamed Fauzi
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2022 08:35
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2022 08:35
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87017
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