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تصميم وتصنيع والتحقق من الخلية الشمسية ذات الصبغة الحساسة للضوء == Design, Fabrication And Verification of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell DSSC
Author name:
صابرين سمير حسان
Supervisor name:
ثائرة زكريا الطيار
General topic:
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering
Specific topic:
Electronic Engineering
Degree:
Master
University:
University of Technology - Electrical Engineering Department - Electronic Engineering Branch
Language:
English
University location:
Baghdad
Key words:
- Dye sensitized solar cells
- natural dyes
- synthetic dye
First pages:
34T462 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Solar cells are considered a promising technology and renewable, in view of increasing in the electro - optical energy. The continual enhancement in solar cell efficiency by searching for new concepts and techniques, which should grow since it is considered as one of the important sources of energy of the future.This work introduces a type of solar cells that employs photosensitive organic dye. These cells use thin membrane of Titanium dioxide material as nanoparticles covered by an organic dye, which absorbs solar energy (like the chlorophyll in green leaves) to be converted into electrons that are injected into the Titanium dioxide layer, which serves as electron collector. In addition, it has an electrolyte solution to compensate for the electrons lost by the organic dye molecules.The cell's positive terminal was prepared from the deposition of a thin membrane of Titanium dioxide, of 22 micrometer thickness on a conductive glass electrode , followed by heat treatment at 450? for 30 minutes. Three organic dyes were used, two of (Cherry juice mixed with Hibiscus and the Berries juice) which were natural dyes, and the other synthetic, the "Eosin" as an industrial dye. Small quantities of Iodine and Potassium Iodide were dissolved in Ethyl Alcohol of 99.9% concentration in order to prepare the electrolyte solution. As to the negative terminal, it was prepared from the deposition of a graphite layer, used in pencils, onto a conducting glass electrode. The final stage involved the assembly of the different prepared cell components and tested.The equipment used in this work included spectrum analyzer for provision of absorption spectra for the three dyes.The cells have been tested by exposure to light of 100W/cm2 to obtain I - V characteristic curve and the greatest current is obtained with the Cherries and Hibiscus cell was 6.205 mA/cm2 and the maximum voltage 0.569 V. As to the Berries dye cell, the maximum current is found 4.35 mA / cm2 and its maximum voltage 0.607 V. The maximum current and voltage for the Eosin dye cell are found to be 1.32 mA/ cm2 and 0.651V.The conversion efficiency for the Cherry and Hibiscus dye cell is found to be 1.9%, the Berries dye cell 1.5% and for the Eosin dye 0.5%.
