Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Sunalee J Gonawala

Publications

• Research Article
  Dendrimer-based Nanoparticle for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency
  Author(s): William Ghann, Hyeonggon Kang, Jamal Uddin, Sunalee J Gonawala, Sheikh Mahatabuddin and Meser M AliWilliam Ghann, Hyeonggon Kang, Jamal Uddin, Sunalee J Gonawala, Sheikh Mahatabuddin and Meser M Ali
  
  Dye sensitized solar cells were fabricated with DyLight680 (DL680) dye and its corresponding europium conjugated dendrimer, DL680-Eu-G5PAMAM, to study the effect of europium on the current and voltage characteristics of the DL680 dye sensitized solar cell. The dye samples were characterized by using Absorption Spectroscopy, Emission Spectroscopy, Fluorescence lifetime and Fourier Transform Infrared measurements. Transmission electron microscopy imaging was carried out on the DL680-Eu-G5PAMAM dye and DL680-Eu-G5PAMAM dye sensitized titanium dioxide nanoparticles to analyze the size of the dye molecules and examine the interaction of the dye with titanium dioxide nanoparticles. The DL680-Eu-G5PAMAM dye sensitized solar cells demonstrated an enhanced solar-to-electric energy conversion of 0.32% under full light illumination (100 mWcm−2, AM 1.5 Global) in comparison with .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7439.1000496

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