10.1007/s40095-021-00460-7

Synthesis and photocurrent density–photovoltage (J–V) characterization of a novel alizarin derivative dye for dye-sensitized solar cell technology

  • Ismail Abubakari*1,
  • Numbury Surendra Babu1,
  • Said Vuai1,
  • John Makangara1,
  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, TZ

Published in Issue 2022-02-09

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Abubakari, I., Babu, N. S., Vuai, S., & Makangara, J. (2022). Synthesis and photocurrent density–photovoltage (J–V) characterization of a novel alizarin derivative dye for dye-sensitized solar cell technology. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 13(2 (June 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-021-00460-7
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Abstract

Abstract Dye-sensitized solar cells technology has attracted extensive academic scholars’ interests due to their potential low-cost solar energy harvesting. Increasing performance of dye-sensitized solar cell needs more efficient dye to maximize solar energy absorption. This work presents the synthesis and J – V characterization studies for a novel alizarin derivative dye HDD. The dye was formed by the reaction between brominated alizarin and 5-hexyl-2-thiopheneboronic acid pinacol ester. The final dye product was successfully synthesized as brownish-orange solid. Characterization of the synthesized dye was done using spectroscopic techniques; mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance before photovoltaic performance investigation. The dye was found to be useful as photo-sensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cell through calculation of conversion efficiency. Generally, the dye HDD showed better results in terms of photovoltaic properties with open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density and fill factor of 0.65 V, 0.0146 A/cm 2 and 0.612, respectively. The conversion efficiency of the cell using the synthesized dye HDD was found to be 5.81% under 100 mW/cm 2 solar illuminations.

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