Incorporation of Nickel with Azo Dye and its Applications in Dye- Sensitized Solar Cells
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) was Prepared at 180°C for 4 hours by using an unpretentious hydrothermal method. TiO was inspected by using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), x-ray diffraction spectroscopy, and UV-visible spectroscopy. This work expresses the construction of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) from TiO thin films with complex Ni-azo dye and azo ligand. The spectroscopic studies (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-vis, and Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ( 2 Incorporation of Nickel with Azo Dye and its Applications in DyeSensitized Solar Cells 1 H-NMR)) are used to identify the azo ligand and its complex Ni (II) to synthesize the DSSC . Current-Voltage (I-V) characteristics show that the DSSCs is the highest change efficiency for TiO 2 Eman H. Sahap*, Fatima A. A. Sajad, Hutham M. Y. Al-Labban Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq Received: 22nd February, 2022; Revised: 20th April, 2022; Accepted: 10th May, 2022; Available Online: 25th June, 2022 / Ni-azo dye than TiO 2 S /azo dye, about 2.30% and 1.88%, respectively, under 100 mW/cm 2 standard visible light.