Dye Solution Lab Report

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Dye Solution

Composition:

• Dye particles (0.0036 gm.)
• Ethanol Solution (10 ml)

Example of dye molecule that is used in DSSC:

• Ttriscarboxy-rutheniumterpyridine [Ru(4,4,4"-(COOH)3-terpy)(NCS)3]
(Black dye)
• 1-ethyl-3 methylimidazolium tetrocyanoborate [EMIB(CN)4]
• Copper-diselenium [Cu(In,GA)Se2]

MK Dye material was used however for this experiment.

After preparing the dye solution, we place the glass samples into Dye sol. for 24 hours under dark conditions. This is done due to the consideration of the samples being light sensitive under room conditions. After a period of 24 hours, the samples are removed and processed further. Some dye impurities are further removed by using ethanol with dropper on glass surface.

The final Samples are visible in the rightmost region. We can observe a clear coating of dark maroon color across the glass slides. …show more content…

The dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) require one or more chemical substituents that can act as an anchor, enabling their adsorption onto a metal oxide substrate. This adsorption provides a means for electron injection, which is the process that initiates the electrical circuit in a DSSC. The dye molecules are quite small (nanometer sized), so in order to capture a reasonable amount of the incoming light the layer of dye molecules needs to be made fairly thick, much thicker than the molecules

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