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Reverse micelle facilitated synthesis of nanostructured polyaniline as the counter electrode materials in dye-sensitized solar cells |
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| Authors: | Annisa Nurul Utami Muhammad Reza Didi Prasetyo Benu Alvian Ikhsanul Fatya Brian Yuliarto |
| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia![ORCID Icon]({"type":"image","src":"/templates/jsp/images/orcid.png"} "ORCID Icon") https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7387-4751;2. Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0001-5918;3. Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia;4. Department of Chemistry, Universitas Timor, Kefamenanu, Indonesiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-9747;5. Division of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3983-8655;6. Department of Engineering Physics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia;7. Research Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-7923 |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACTWe report a reverse-micelle emulsion polymerization of nanostructured PANI using a nonionic surfactant Polyglyceryl-2-Dipolyhydroxystearate (PGPH) at various concentrations from 2% to 6% (v/v). SEM images show that the obtained morphologies are irregular agglomerates at low PGPH concentration and relatively regular granules at high PGPH concentration. FTIR and Raman spectra show that the synthesized PANI is in the form of Emeraldine salt (PANI ES) with electrical conductivity around 10?3 S cm?1. Photovoltaic current-voltage (J-V) measurements show the highest power conversion efficiency is achieved at 1.71% at 6% (v/v) of PGPH. |
| Keywords: | Counter-electrode materials dye-sensitized solar cell emulsion polymerization nanostructured polyaniline polyglyceryl-2-dipolyhydroxystearate reverse micelle |