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Experimental and theoretical study of the dye-sensitized solar cells using Hibiscus sabdariffa plant pigment coupled with polyaniline/graphite counter electrode

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Published/Copyright: June 13, 2022
Pure and Applied Chemistry
From the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume 94 Issue 7

Abstract

In this research work, the extraction, characterization, device fabrication, and theoretical investigation of Hibiscus sabdariffa plant extract, for possible application in solid DSSCs, are reported. The plant extract was analyzed using FT-IR and UV–Vis spectrophotometry. Polyaniline on graphene was used as the counter electrode whereas titanium (IV) oxide was used as the photo anode for the fabricated DSSCs. The experimental results obtained for the open circuit voltage, short circuit current density, field factor, maximum power and conversion efficiency are 0.925 V, 0.073 A/cm2, 1.43, 1.04 W, and 0.044 % respectively. The excited states of anthocyanin (delphinidin) and quercetin, the most stable structures of Hibiscus sabdariffa plant extract, were studied using density functional theory method. In addition, the theoretical open circuit voltage, light harvesting efficiency, coupling constant, free energy change, and HOMO–LUMO energy gap were predicted for the photovoltaic properties. The theoretical results suggest that quercetin has relatively better photovoltaic properties and, hence, potentially a better dye for solar cell application.

Keywords: Chemistry and its applications; DSSC; Hibiscus sabdariffa ; pigment; plant; polyaniline; TD-DFT; VCCA-2021
Corresponding author: Hitler Louis, Computational and Bio-Simulation Research Group, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria; and Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, e-mail:

Article note: A collection of invited papers based on presentations at the Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications (VCCA-2021) held on-line, 9–13 August 2021.

Acknowledgments

Although this research work is not funded, however, Innocent Joseph is thankful to Computational Chemistry research group of the University of Calabar and University of Mauritius for the collaboration.

  1. Author’s contribution: Oliver N. Maitera and Hitler Louis: Project conceptualization, design, supervision, and administration. Innocent Joseph: Methodology, analysis, manuscript draft. Tomsmith O. Unimuke and Akaninyene D. Udoikono: Writing, editing, and manuscript draft. Emmanuel Ekeng-ita: Review and editing. Thomas O. Magu, Emmanuel Okon: Data curation. Mohamed I. Elzagheid and Lydia Rhyman: Review and editing. Ponnadurai Ramasami: Validation and resources.

  2. Conflict of Interest: All authors declare zero conflict of interest resources.

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Keywords for this article
Chemistry and its applications; DSSC; Hibiscus sabdariffa; pigment; plant; polyaniline; TD-DFT; VCCA-2021

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