Enhancement of the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells using sensitized zinc oxide nanoparticles by rhodamine B dye

H. Musleh, H. Zayed, S. Shaat, A. Al-Kahlout, H. Tamous, A. Issa, J. Asad, N. AlDahoudi

Citations:

4

References:

28

Abstract

In the present work, ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized via a simple wet chemical (hydrothermal) technique using zinc acetate dihydrate (Zn(CH3COO)2.2H2O) as a row material dissolved into absolute methanol and aqueous NaOH as precipitation agent. The X-ray diffractometer (XRD) patterns showed a standard hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO NPs with average particle size of about 28±2 nm. High resol...

Keywords

Dye-sensitized solar cell

Wurtzite crystal structure

Rhodamine B

Materials science

Photoluminescence

Band gap

Analytical Chemistry (journal)

Nanoparticle

Zinc

Diffractometer

Transmission electron microscopy

Nanotechnology

Scanning electron microscope

Chemistry

Photocatalysis

Optoelectronics

Physical chemistry

Organic chemistry

Electrode

Electrolyte

Metallurgy

Catalysis

Composite material

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Affordable and clean energy

2019

Article

Open Access

Institution

Al Azhar University-Gaza, Physics Department, Gaza, Palestine,

Ain Shams University, Women's College for Art, Science, and Education, Physics Department, Cairo, Egypt,

Islamic University of Gaza, Physics Department, Gaza, Palestine

2-Y Citation Average

0.712

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/ejchem.2019.12677.1785

Language

en

Country

Palestinian Territory, Occupied,

Egypt