- Title
- Modification of Flexible Electrodes for P-Type (Nickel Oxide) Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance Based on the Cellulose Nanofiber Film
- Creator
- Etefa, Fekadu Habtamu
- Creator
- Vinod, Kumar
- Creator
- Dejene, Birhanu Francis
- Creator
- Efa, Tesema Mulugeta
- Creator
- Leta, Tesfaye Jule
- Description
- The preparation of flexible electrode, including working electrode (WE) and counter electrode (CE), for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) utilizing metal oxides using environmentally friendly sustainable TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TOCNFs) is reported in this work. A new type of flexible electrode for the DSSCs, which were made of cellulose nanofiber composites with nickel hydroxide [CNF/Ni(OH)2] substrate films and cellulose nanofiber composites with polypyrrole (CNF/PPY). Nickel hydroxide, Ni(OH)2, has been prepared hydrothermally in the presence of TOCNFs, [TOCNF@Ni(OH)2]. Similarly, the conductive polymer substrate has also been prepared from a composite consisting of TOCNF and PPY, TOCNF@ PPY film, by means of polymerization for the CE. Overall, the prepared electrodes both WE from CNF/Ni(OH)2 substrates and CE from the TOCNF@PPY substrate film were revealed as the novelty of this work and which no one has introduced previously. Although NiO nanoparticles (NPs) coated on the Ni(OH)2/TOCNF electrode also produced a good power conversion efficiency, PCE (0.75%); nevertheless, the NiO NP treatment with carbon dots boosted the efficiency up to 1.3%.
- Date
- 2023
- Subject
- Flexible electrodes
- Subject
- Counter electrode (CE)
- Subject
- Dye-sensitized solar cells
- Subject
- TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/13781
- Identifier
- vital:79025
- Identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00383
- Language
- English
- Relation
- ACS Omega
- Relation
- ACS Omega 8 vol 17 15249 15258 2023 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00383
- Rights
- ©2023, authors
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