Synthesis of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles at different aging time for low cost Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Zayed, H.; Musleh, H.; Shaat, S.; Shurrab, N.; Asaad, J.; AlDahoudi, N.

doi:10.21608/jsrs.2018.14050

Synthesis of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles at different aging time for low cost Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Physics Department, Women`s College for Art, Science, and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

² Physics Department, Al Azhar University-Gaza, P.O. Box 1277, Gaza, Palestine

³ Physics Department, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Gaza, Palestine

⁴ Chemistry Department, Al Azhar University-Gaza, P.O. Box 1277, Gaza, Palestine

⁵ Physics Department, Women`s College for Art, Science, and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/jsrs.2018.14050

Abstract

Zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized via simple precipitation method and aged at different time were used as photoanodes of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The structural and the optical properties of the obtained zinc oxide nanoparticles were investigated. The performance of the assembled solar cells was studied and the efficiency of such cell was compared as a relation of the aging time of the ZnO nanoparticles.

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