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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 14, Pages 2173-2183Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/er.3778
Keywords
dye sensitized solar cell; HOMO-LUMO energy level; cyclic voltammetry
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- BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
- Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, India
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Search for better photo sensitizers has always been a challenge in the field of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). This paper suggests a new method to identify a good dye for DSSC through the evaluation of energy levels of dye-TiO2 complex. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels of the complex are evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and spectroscopic technique. These energy levels have been used to predict the performance of the solar cell even without fabricating a cell. The authenticity of this method is also revalidated through the correlation of efficiency of practical cell. Copyright (c) 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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