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Volume Holographic Gratings in Acrylamide-Based Photopolymer to Provide Selective Light as an Added Input for Improving the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells


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1 Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
2 Department of Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Amrithapuri, Kollam 690 525, India
 

A transmission holographic grating with good storage life and diffraction efficiency is fabricated in an indigenously prepared red-sensitive photopolymer. Stability retained by the photopolymer transmission holographic grating in its diffraction efficiency upon long-term exposure to temperature indicates the suitability of the fabricated photopolymer holograms in solar applications. Holographic elements diffract different wavelengths to different regions and dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can absorb the desired range of wavelengths from the diffracted light. Hence, we exploit this property of the holographic grating to enrich the performance of DSSCs by enhancing its input and output power, particularly under low photometric conditions. Improvement in maximum power output of DSSCs is observed in all cases, with a maximum enhancement of about 100% for the lowest level of input intensity.

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Diffraction Efficiency, Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Photopolymer, Transmission Holographic Grating.
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Authors

A. B. Sreebha
Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
S. Suresh
Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India
C. O. Sreekala
Department of Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Amrithapuri, Kollam 690 525, India
V. P. Mahadevan Pillai
Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581, India

Abstract


A transmission holographic grating with good storage life and diffraction efficiency is fabricated in an indigenously prepared red-sensitive photopolymer. Stability retained by the photopolymer transmission holographic grating in its diffraction efficiency upon long-term exposure to temperature indicates the suitability of the fabricated photopolymer holograms in solar applications. Holographic elements diffract different wavelengths to different regions and dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) can absorb the desired range of wavelengths from the diffracted light. Hence, we exploit this property of the holographic grating to enrich the performance of DSSCs by enhancing its input and output power, particularly under low photometric conditions. Improvement in maximum power output of DSSCs is observed in all cases, with a maximum enhancement of about 100% for the lowest level of input intensity.

Keywords


Diffraction Efficiency, Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Photopolymer, Transmission Holographic Grating.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi11%2F2267-2272