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Comparative Study of Eosin-Y and Rose Bengal Sensitized SnO2-ZnO Composite Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

A. N. Kawade, P. K. Bhujbal, A. T. Supekar, K. M. Sonawane, H. M. Pathan, Shoyebmohamad F. Shaikh  and Abdullah A. Al-Kaitani

A. N. Kawade1,2,3

P. K. Bhujbal3

A. T. Supekar3

K. M. Sonawane2,*,Email

H. M. Pathan3

Shoyebmohamad F. Shaikh4

Abdullah A. Al-Kaitani4

 

1 PDEA’s Annasaheb Waghire Arts, Science & Commerce College, Otur, Pune, 412409, India

2 DES’s Fergusson  College, Pune, 411004, India

3 Advanced Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 411007, India

4 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

In the present study, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) were fabricated using SnO2 (Tin Oxide)-ZnO (Zinc Oxide) composite photoanodes. The mesoporous SnO2-ZnO composite photoanode was made by a doctor blade technique from SnO2 and ZnO nanostructures. The prepared films of SnO2-ZnO composite were characterized with UV-Visible spectroscopy to compare the band gap of composite material with pure SnO2 and pure ZnO. The prepared photoanodes were sensitized with Eosin-Y (EY) and Rose Bengal (RB) Photosensitizers. The photovoltaic performance of DSSC based on the SnO2-ZnO composite photoanodes was comparatively studied with EY and RB Photosensitizers. A photoconversion efficiency of about 0.09% and 0.17% were achieved for EY and RB sensitized DSSCs. RB sensitized DSSC shows the highest photoconversion efficiency compared to EY sensitized DSSC. Which is approximately 53% greater than the efficiency of RB sensitized SnO2-ZnO composite based DSSC.

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Received: 10 Jun 2021
Revised: 06 Jul 2021
Accepted: 14 Jul 2021
Published online: 17 Jul 2021

Article type:
Research Paper

DOI:
10.30919/esee8c495

Volume:
14

Page:
73-78

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ES Energy & Environment, 2021, 14, 73-78

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