Invertis Journal of Renewable Energy
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 4

Photocurrent Enhancement in the Cu/p-CuI//R-C18//(I−/I3−)/CAC/ITO Electrochemical Device

  • Author:
  • Kask Hemachandra, Can Fernando
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 179 to 182

Nano-technology Research Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka

*E-mail: nandanaf@phy.ruh.ac.lk

Online published on 10 August, 2015.

Abstract

From this study we report Cu/p-CuI//R-C18/(I−/I3−)/CAC/ITO new electrochemical device for the first time as a sandwiched type dye-sensitized solar cell. Coconut shell activated charcoal (CAC) was used as the counter electrode in the electrochemical device. A remarkable photocurrent enhancement was obtained with CAC thin film deposited from doctor blade method on to the dye layer to operate the redox reactions of I-/I-3 redox couple inside the pours of the activated carbon layer.