The Effect of Gel-Electrolyte on Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Prototype based on Nanosized-TiO2 Using Mangosteen Pericarp as Absorber

Biaunik Niski Kumila; Gontjang Prajitno

doi:10.21580/jnsmr.2017.3.1.1692

The Effect of Gel-Electrolyte on Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Prototype based on Nanosized-TiO2 Using Mangosteen Pericarp as Absorber

* - Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

- Dapartment of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

(*) Corresponding Author

DOI: 10.21580/jnsmr.2017.3.1.1692

Abstract
References
Licensing
How to cite

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) with Fluorine deped Tin Oxide (FTO) substrat and nanosize-TiO2 layer sensitized by “dye” ,mangosteen pericarp extract, was succesfully fabricated. Gel-Electrolyte as electron regenerator was synthesized by adding Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) 1000 to electrolyte solution while nanosize-TiO2 was synthesized by co-precipitation method from TiCl3 solution. The crystal size of TiO2 characterized by X-Ray Diffraction is 10.5 nm in size. The solar absorbance of “dye” mangosteen pericarp was measured using UV-Vis Spectrophotometer and it showed that the dye can absorb photon at Near Ultraviolet (NUV) to yellow visible light. Nanosize-TiO2 based DSSC with gel-electrolyte successfully reached short circuit current up to 30.9 μA, open circuit voltage 398.3 mV and performed the long term stability. ©2017 JNSMR UIN Walisongo. All rights reserved

Keywords: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC); Mangosteen Pericarp; Gel-Electrolyte; Nanosized-TiO2

B. Oregan and M. Gratzel, “a Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar-Cell Based on Dye-Sensitized Colloidal Tio2 Films,” Nature, vol. 353, no. 6346, pp. 737–740, 1991.
A. Kay and M. Grätzel, “Low cost photovoltaic modules based on dye sensitized nanocrystalline titanium dioxide and carbon powder,” Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 99–117, 1996.
G. P. Smestad, “Demonstrating Electron Transfer and Nanotechnology : A Natural Dye – Sensitized Nanocrystalline Energy Converter,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 752–756, 1998.
M. M. . Ba-Abbad, A. A. H. . Kadhum, A. B. . Mohamad, M. S. . Takriff, and K. . Sopian, “Synthesis and catalytic activity of TiO 2 nanoparticles for photochemical oxidation of concentrated chlorophenols under direct solar radiation,” Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 4871–4888, 2012.
K. Sakurai and M. Mizusawa, “X-ray Diffraction Imaging of Anatase and Rutile,” Anal. Chem, vol. 82, no. 9, pp. 3519–3522, 2010.
I. Rofiah and G. Prajitno, “The effect of gel-electrolyte on the current and voltage DSSC prototype using dye extract mangosteen pericarp (garcinia mangostana L) as dye sensitizer,” Sepuluh Nopember Institut of Technology, 2013.
M. Grätzel, “Perspectives for Dye -sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells,” Prog. Photovoltaics Res. Appl., vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 171–185, 2000.