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The performance of dye sensitized and nanoparticles sensitized solar cells are presented in this study. Three types of natural extracts (black cherry, hibiscus and saffron) were utilized as sensitizers. The performance of the solar cells as a function of the natural sensitizer was studied for the hibiscus. The performance of nanoparticles sensitized solar cells based on PbS/CdS nanoparticles was also studied. The effect of CdS nanoparticles thickness on the performance was investigated. The power conversion efficiencies (Eff.) for the devices made with natural extracts, saffron, hibiscus and black cherry was 0.17, 0.45 and 0.54 %, respectively. The (Eff.) of the hibiscus dye sensitized solar cells were improved from 0.45 to 1.37 % with increasing the dye concentration from 1X to 4X. While the obtained (Eff.) of PbS/CdS nanoparticles devices were increased from 0.089 to 3.2 % with increasing the CdS layer deposition cycles from 1 to 7 under Air Mass (AM) 1.5 Global (G) solar illumination, which indicates higher (Eff.) with increasing the CdS thickness.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the support provided by United Arab Emirates University. This work is financially supported by the Faculty of Engineering at the United Arab Emirates University.
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Dagher, S., Yousif, Z.A., Abdulkareem, I., Ameri, S.A., Haik, Y. (2014). Dye and Nanoparticles-Sensitized Solar Cells. In: Hamdan, M., Hejase, H., Noura, H., Fardoun, A. (eds) ICREGA’14 - Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05708-8_44
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