FABRICATION OF DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC) USING ZnO NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED FROM ZINC NITRATE HEXAHYDRATE Page No: 2635-2638

Awodugba Ayodeji Oladiran and Ilyas Abdul-Mojeed Olabisi

Keywords: UV-VIS, XRD, ZnO, nanoparticles, DSSC.

Abstract: DSSC was fabricated using glass as the substrate with copper metal attached to the surface, eosin blue as sensitizer, Lemon juice as electrolyte and ZnO nanoparticles as photoelectrode. The nanostructured ZnO was synthesized by precipitating Zn nitrate hexahydrate with NaOH which was characterized structurally using XRD and optically with a UV-VIS Spectrophotometer. The fabricated DSSC was evaluated and a fill factor of 0.85 obtained with an efficiency of 0.15%.



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