Surfactant assisted approach to development of efficient WO3 photoanode for natural dye sensitized solar cell

Satish S. Patil; Rahul M. Mane; Kishorkumar V. Khot; Sawanta S. Mali; Chang Kook Hong; Popatrao N. Bhosale

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2021.03.026

Surfactant assisted approach to development of efficient WO₃ photoanode for natural dye sensitized solar cell

Satish S. Patil, Rahul M. Mane, Kishorkumar V. Khot, Sawanta S. Mali, Chang Kook Hong, Popatrao N. Bhosale^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Herein, the single-step hydrothermal route has been successfully implemented to design a surfactant-assisted WO₃ photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The influence of surfactant on growth and photoresponse properties of the dye-sensitized WO₃ have been studied. Optical absorption study shows a direct allowed type of electronic transition with band gap energy lies in the range of 2.82–2.38 eV. The formation of pure hexagonal crystal with tuning in the surface morphology from nanospheres to nanoflowers were obtained in the structural and morphological investigation. The compositional analysis confirms the formation of stoichiometric films with respective valence states of W⁺⁶ and O^2–. Photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized WO₃ demonstrates improved photocurrent from 1.53 to 2.61 mA/cm² corresponding to photovoltage of 690–764 mV. The best photo-conversion efficiency of 3.52% was obtained for the W-SDS sample of DSSC. The IPCE measurement are well supported to PEC performance of the DSSC. The stability of the prominent W-SDS photoanode was performed to confirm the suitability and reproducibility of photoelectrode. The charge transfer properties of DSSC were analyzed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-383
Number of pages	13
Journal	Solar Energy
Volume	220
Early online date	6 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.03.026
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2021

Funding

One of the authors SSP acknowledges to Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and technology, New Delhi, for providing DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (IF160712).

Keywords

DSSC
IPCE spectra
Photovoltaic performance
Stability
Surfactant assisted synthesis
WO Photoanode

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