(SiO2)100-x-Nix (x = 2.5, 10.0) Composite-based photoanode with polymer gel electrolyte for increased dye-sensitized solar cell performance

Huda Abdullah; Mohammad Khairusani Zainudin; Masrianis Ahmad; Savisha Mahalingam; Abreeza Noorlina Abd. Manap

doi:10.1007/s11581-019-02886-w

(SiO₂)_100-x-Ni_x (x = 2.5, 10.0) Composite-based photoanode with polymer gel electrolyte for increased dye-sensitized solar cell performance

Huda Abdullah, Mohammad Khairusani Zainudin, Masrianis Ahmad, Savisha Mahalingam, Abreeza Noorlina Abd. Manap

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This work aims on the degradation performance of (SiO₂)_100-x-Ni_x (x = 2.5, 10.0) photoanodes incorporating with liquid and gel polymer electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The silica doped with nickel and gel polymer electrolyte was prepared by sol-gel polymerization of tetraethyl orthosilicate and sol-gel polymerization of polyacrylonitrile (PAN), respectively. The utilization of PAN-based gel polymer electrolyte improved the value of open circuit voltage due to its high ionic conductivity and mechanical stability in DSSC. The (SiO₂)_90.0-Ni_10.0-based DSSC utilizing PAN-based gel polymer electrolyte exhibited the highest power conversion efficiency of 2.96%. The field emission electron microscopy images show larger average particle size with greater porosity in the (SiO₂)_90.0-Ni_10.0 thin film. Moreover, the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis determines greater active surface area on (SiO₂)_90.0-Ni_10.0 thin films that indicates more dye molecules may adsorb on the mesoporous photoanode to facilitate electron transport in the DSSC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3387-3396
Number of pages	10
Journal	Ionics
Volume	25
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-02886-w
Publication status	Published - 01 Jul 2019

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Abdullah, H., Zainudin, M. K., Ahmad, M., Mahalingam, S., & Abd. Manap, A. N. (2019). (SiO₂)_100-x-Ni_x (x = 2.5, 10.0) Composite-based photoanode with polymer gel electrolyte for increased dye-sensitized solar cell performance. Ionics, 25(7), 3387-3396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-02886-w

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