The influence of increased carbon content on the number of electrons in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)

Abstract

Abstract Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) is a solar cell that uses sensitive dye toward visible light to convert light into electricity. The sensitive dye that are commonly used are chlorophyll which contains many elements of carbon. The carbon element in chlorophyll contains electrons which can generate an electric current in the DSSC. This research has proven that increasing the carbon content of dye can increase the number of electrons generated in the DSSC. The method used in this study was to vary the dye content of TiO2, namely dye concentrations of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. The results showed that increasing the dye content would increase the carbon content and the number of electrons generated by the DSSC, namely that the 100% dye content had a carbon content of 1.414% and the number of electrons was 0.22 x 1019.