Johnson Maryleedarani Abisharani

By Sundaramurthy Devikala and Johnson Maryleedarani Abisharani

Green synthesis of nanoparticles has grown substantial interest as a developing technology to reduce the toxicity of metal oxide commonly associated with conventional physical and chemical synthesis methods. Among these, green synthesis of nanoparticles from plants parts to be a very active method in developing nontoxic, eco-friendly and clean technology. We prepared green synthesized TiO2 using a fruits extract of Averrhoa bilimbi with a cost effective and non-toxic method and reports better PCE of DSSCs application. The green synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles (working electrode) with DPT dopant PEG polymer electrolyte shows better power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells. The green TiO2 was characterized with XRD, UV, FTIR, SEM, TEM and EDX techniques analysis the band gap, crystallite size and shape for green synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles. The electrical and mechanical properties of DPT organic doped PEG/KI/I2 polymer electrolyte were characterized with XRD, FTIR, EIS, DSC and TGA and it was analysis that the DPT well miscible with PEG polymer electrolyte and improves the electrical conductivity and enhances the efficiency of DSSC.

Part of the book: Dyes and Pigments

By Sundaramurthy Devikala and Johnson Maryleedarani Abisharani

This chapter introduced a new series of organic compound additives like thiophene 2,5-dicarboxylic acid (TDA), sulfanilamide (SAA), 2,6-diamino pyridine (DAP), dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DBC) and 2,6-pyridine dicarboxylic acid (PDA) with gelatin/KI/I₂ consist gel polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) application. Nowadays, it is focusing on biopolymers for preparing gel electrolytes for DSSCs application which is a conventional renewable energy source. Biopolymers are abundant in nature, and they are non-toxic, thermally stable, environmentally friendly, low-cost, and have good mechanical and physical properties. The introduced novel gelatin (GLN) biopolymer-based gel electrolytes play a role in improving ionic conductivity and stability, and it also play a better ability for ionic mobility. The low-cost and commercialized organic additive molecules with electron donors like S, O and N elements were strongly coordinated on the surface TiO₂ and fermi level shift into negative potentials. The organic additive compound SAA achieved a very active additive and easily reduced the recombination reaction between the surface of TiO₂ and I₃⁻ ions. This phenomenon readily improves the stability and overall η of the DSSC. During the DSSCs process, intrinsic charge carrier transfer between both electrodes as well as the continuous regeneration of the dye molecules. The surface study and conductivity of prepared gelatin-based gel electrolyte with N, S and O-based additives were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-visible, X ray diifraction (XRD), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), respectively. Furthermore, to examine the adsorption behaviour of organic additives on TiO₂ (101) surface and negative fermi level shift on TiO₂ surface were analysed by density functional theory (DFT) theoretical study.

Part of the book: Advances in Solar Photovoltaic Energy Systems