Studies of the absorbance peak on the N719 dye influence by combination between Cadmium Selenide (CdSe)QDs and Zinc Sulfide(ZnS)QDs Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The absorption rate of the photoanode can be influenced by the combination between the difference semiconductor quantum dot sensitizer. Six samples were prepared with difference weight percent (wt%) of ZnS from 0% to 50% and constant wt% of CdSe which then will be called as semiconductor QDs were immersed in 0.5mM of N719 dye. The purity of ZnS powder and CdSe powder was determined using x-ray diffraction (XRD).The ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry (Uv-Vis) use to investigate the absorption spectrum and absorbance peak of this sample. 50 wt% of ZnS is the best composition to increase the absorbance peak of the photoanode. The Cyclic voltammetry (CV) of varying wt% of ZnS, found that the 40 wt% of ZnS is suitable combination for a DSSC’s photoanode and produced the higher current.

authors

  • Diantoro, Markus
  • Diantoro, Markus
  • Diantoro, Markus
  • Yahya, Muhd ZuAzhan
  • Diantoro, Markus
  • Diantoro, Markus
  • Ali, Ab Malik Marwan
  • Diantoro, Markus

publication date

  • 2018

start page

  • 01040

volume

  • 154