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Improvement in photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cell using ruthenium as dopant into titania

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Ru-doped TiO2 compact layer was deposited on conducting substrate fluorine-doped tin oxide electrode by hydrothermal technique for dye-sensitized solar cell application. The solar cell’s characteristics such as open circuit voltage, current density–voltage (J–V) characteristics, and electrochemical impedance spectra, showed that Ruthenium when doped into bare TiO2 acts as a blocking layer that reduces the charge recombination from the transparent conducting oxide layer. Here, we have synthesized bare and Ru-doped TiO2 by a hydrothermal method for dye sensitized solar cell application. Recently, the research of the DSSCs has advanced by leaps and bounds, especially in the field of pursuing a cost-effective solution process with high power conversion efficiency. Nanorods are efficient electron transport layers with a high surface area. The nanorods were characterized by various techniques, such as X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV‒Visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, solar cell characterization, and impedance spectroscopy. The impedance study provides detailed information about the recombination losses at various interfaces. It is observed that there is a 20% increase in photovoltaic performance after 3% Ru doping in TiO2. The efficiency received for 3% Ru doped TiO2 layers was obtained to be 3.54% which increases the charge transfer and collection capacity of the solar cell. It also affects the morphology of compact layer 3% Ru doped TiO2 well-aligned nanorods are observed on doping of 3% ruthenium into TiO2. Results show that Ru-doped TiO2 can be an alternative to the bare TiO2 compact layer to obtain efficient solar cells.

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The authors are thankful to the Solar Energy Research and Development (SERD) Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for financial support through the Major Research project vide Sanction order DST/TMD/CERI/RES/2020/47 (G). CVJ is also grateful to the Kiran Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for partial financial support through Women Scientist Scheme-A, vide Sanction order SR/WOS-A/PM-11/2019(G). The authors are also thankful to Dr Sachin Desarda for the Rietveld refinement analysis.

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This research was funded by Solar Energy Research and Development (SERD) Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for financial support through the Major Research project vide Sanction order DST/TMD/CERI/RES/2020/47 (G) and  Kiran Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for partial financial support through Women Scientist Scheme-A, vide Sanction order SR/WOS-A/PM-11/2019(G).

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  2. Department of Physics, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Jagtap, C., Kadam, V., Jadkar, S. et al. Improvement in photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cell using ruthenium as dopant into titania. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1935 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11308-7

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