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Simulation of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cell with Mesoporous Zinc Oxide Layer of Different Thicknesses and with Dye-Sensitisers of Different Absorption Coefficients

Authors
Lavanyah Arumugam1, Pei Ling Low1, *, Mian En Yeoh1, Gregory Thien1, Yew Keong Sin1, Kah Yoong Chan1
1Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: pllow@mmu.edu.my
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Pei Ling Low
Available Online 23 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-082-4_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Dye-sensitised solar cell; Simulation; Power conversion efficiency; J-V plot
Abstract

Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) are an important part of research on renewable energy sources as they are less complicated to manufacture and cost less than several other types of solar cells. The performance of DSSC with a combination of mesoporous zinc oxide and natural dyes are simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics. Numerical expression of the electrical properties of a dye-sensitised solar cell is applied to a two-dimensional structure to form an electrical model. Optical properties of the natural dyes are then coupled with this electrical model. The variables tested are thickness of the photoanode layer and absorption coefficient of dyes. Efficiency of the simulated zinc oxide solar cell with N719 dye is 12.4%. Maximum power of 0.309 μW is obtained at a photoanode thickness of 600 nm with current density of 16.815 mA/cm2 and voltage of 0.756 V. The natural dyes simulated are chlorophyll, betalain and anthocyanin. Of the three, the one with the highest absorption coefficient i.e., betalain resulted in the highest efficiency solar cell. The results were more favourable than several simulations studying titanium dioxide based DSSC.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Multimedia University Engineering Conference (MECON 2022)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
23 December 2022
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978-94-6463-082-4
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2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-082-4_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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