Synthesis ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO_NR)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Appendix
List of the Important Abbreviations and Symbols
Chapter I: Introduction
I.1. Background
I.1.1. Solar Energy as an Alternative of Renewable Energy
I.1.2. Dye-sensitized solar cells: towards iodine free devices
I.2. Objectives
I.3. Research Approach
1.3.1. TiO2 Brookite Based DSSC
1.3.2. TiO2/graphene Based DSS
1.3.3. ZnO_NR Based DSSC
1.4. Thesis Organization
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Chapter II: Literature Review
II. 1. Fundamental of DSSC
II. 1.1. DSSC Component
II. 1.2. Electron Transport in DSSC
II.1.3 Basic Principle in Cell Characterization
II.2 Theoretical Background in Computational Methods
II.2.1 Quantum Chemistry
II.2.2 Density Functional Theory
II.2.3 Models in Computational Chemistry
II.2.5 TDDFT
References
Chapter III: Research Methods
III.1. Synthesis of particles for the photoanodes
III. 2. Cell Preparation
III.3. Characterizations
III.4. Computational Details
Chapter IV: TiO2-Based DSSC I: Comparison of Anatase and Brookite-Based Dye- Sensitized Solar Cells
IV. 1. Introduction
IV.2 Characteristics of the particles
IV. 3. Cell Performance and Impedance Study
IV.3.1. I-V Measurement Result
IV.3.2 Analysis of the open circuit voltage
IV.3.3. Analysis of charge transport and recombination in the photoelectrodes
IV.4 Computational Study: Comparison of adsorption of Iodine (I2) on Anatase (101) and Brookite (210) planes
IV. 5 SUMMARY
Chapter V: TiO2-Based DSSC II: The Effect of Graphene Incorporation in TiO2/graphene for Photoelectrode
V. 1. Introduction
V.2 Composite TiO2/Graphene (TiO2_Gr) Preparation
V.3 The cell performance of TiO2/Gr in iodine based DSSCs: The investigation of graphene’s role in TiO2 photoelectrode
V.4 The cell performance of TiO2/Gr in cobalt based DSSC
V. 5 SUMMARY
Chapter VI: ZnO Nanorod Based Electron Transport Layer for DSSC
VI. 1. Introduction
VI. 2. Particle Characterization ZnO_NR
VI. 3. Utilization ZnO_NR for the comparison of the performance of an organic and an inorganic sensitizer
IV. 4. Impedance Study D149- and TG6-sensitized ZnO_NR cell
IV. 5. Computational investigation of the electronic and optical properties in D149 and TG6 dyes
VI. 6. Use of photoelectrode ZnO_NR for iodine free DSSC
VI. 7. Computational investigation of the electronic and optical properties of SD4, JM131 and JM164 dyes
VI.8 SUMMARY
References
Chapter VII: General Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Works
List of Publications, Seminars and Workshop
Appendix