Synthesis and Characterization of 4-phenyldiazenylnaphthalen-1-ol as a Sensitizer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCS)

B.O.K. Essah¹ , R. Kingsford-Adaboh²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.5 , pp.10-13, Oct-2022

Online published on Oct 31, 2022

Copyright © B.O.K. Essah, R. Kingsford-Adaboh . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The focus of this research is to synthesize and characterize 4-phenyldiazenylnapthalen-1-ol and analyse its optical properties as a sensitizer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs). The compound was synthesized and purified by recrystallization. The compound was characterized by an electrothermal melting point apparatus, TLC, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry. The results of the instrumentational analysis of the synthesized compound was compared to that of the industrial standard, inorganic ruthenizer 535-bisTBA (N719) dye. The optical band gap of 4-phenyldiazenylnapthalen-1-ol was calculated as 1.95 eV as compared to the literature value of 1.91 eV of the standard N719 dye. The IR spectrum of the compound also showed an indication for N=N stretch for azo bond at 1465 cm–1. Comparing IR spectra of 4-phenyldiazenylnaphthalen-1-ol to that of the standard N719 dye, the presence of OH group strong signal around 3326 cm–1 is necessary as a feature for dye sensitizers having good anchorage to the TiO2 surface for better device performance.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Azo dyes, DSSC, sensitizers, recrystallization, characterization, solar energy

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