Fabrication of a new photo-sensitized solar cell using TiO2\ZnO Nanocomposite synthesized via a modified sol-gel Technique

Abstract

The current research synthesized was carried out using a modified solgel Technique for titanium dioxide ( TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite. The morphology and optical properties of the synthesized nanocomposite were examined using a transmission electron microscope ( TEM) and UV-Visible spectroscopy. The structure of the synthesized nanocomposite was proved using X-ray Diffraction(XRD). The particle size of the ZnO/TiO2 nanocomposites was found to be range between 11 to 27.37 nm. The product of TEM has proof of the inclusion in the ZnO matrix of spherical TiO2particles. Also found were TiO2 sections attached to the ZnO-like rodlike particles., the ZnO/TiO2 Nanocomposites had better optical absorbing properties. The nanocomposite has been used to create a new photosensitizer solar cell with the efficiency of energy conversion of approximately 4.6%, using (E)-ethyl 4-((4-nitrobenzylidene)) aminobenzoate as organic photo-sensitized (OPS) by (ITO/TiO2\ZnO nanocomposite/POS/iodine/silver (Ag) nanofilm/ITO).