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Innovative study in renewable energy source through mixed surfactant system for eco-friendly environment

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Actual plan of research work was proposed for systematic investigating in the field of photogalvanic (PG) cells for solar energy transformation. It was necessary and proposed to carry out experimental work under the solar parameters for PG cells. The object of the research work is to enhance the solar energy conversion into electricity and store it through PG cells. Various parameters were studied in a PG cell having D-Xylose + MB + Brij-35 + NaLS system (mixed surfactants). In this study, the observed optimum results in terms of the open circuit voltage, photopotential, maximum photocurrent, and short circuit current are 921.00 mV, 698.00 mV, 311 uA, and 245.0 uA, respectively. The observed equilibrium photocurrent, current at power point, fill factor, and conversion efficiency were 243.0 uA and 142.0 uA, 0.4521, and 0.6769%, respectively. For individual surfactants, the observed results in terms of the open circuit voltage, photopotential, maximum photocurrent, and short circuit current are 870.00 mV, 635.00 mV, 175 uA, and 90.0 uA, respectively. For individual surfactant system, the observed equilibrium photocurrent, current at power point, fill factor, and conversion efficiency were 84.0 uA and 55.0 uA, 0.3630, and 0.3100%, respectively. The impact of solar energy was studied by varying the various parameters in PG cells. On the basis of above obtained values, the mixed surfactants (NaLS + Brij-35) have experimentally proved the efficient system as the desired object of research with special reference to enhance electrical out and storage of solar energy.

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Abbreviations

i eq :

Photocurrent at equilibrium

i sc :

Short circuit current

i pp :

Photocurrent at power point

mV :

Millivolt

ml :

Milliliter

M :

Molarity

t 1/2 :

Storage capacity of cell

pp :

Power point

V pp :

Photopotential at power point

V oc :

Open circuit voltage

µA :

Microampere

η :

Fill factor

uW :

Microwatt

PGS :

Photogalvanic system

PG :

Photogalvanic

i max :

Maximum photocurrent

MB :

Methylene blue

NaLS :

Sodium lauryl sulphate

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The authors are thankful to Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Rajasthan, India, for laboratory facilities.

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Highlights

• The photogalvanic is emerging field of research.

• Developed photogalvanic cell with special attention to better performance.

• Reduces the cost of the photogalvanic cell for its commercial viability.

• Manuscript contains substantial electrical output, conversion efficiency and storage.

• Global scientific community is compelled to search out the renewable source of energy to feed the whole world.

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Lal, M., Gangotri, K.M. Innovative study in renewable energy source through mixed surfactant system for eco-friendly environment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 98805–98813 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28246-w

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