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Optical and Electrical Properties of Chlorophyll-Ananas Comosus for
Organic Solar Cell Application
Nurathirah binti Roslan@Rosli
Supervisor : Madam Hasiah binti salleh
Bachelor of Applied Science (Electronics and Instrumentation Physics)
School of Ocean Engineering
Organic solar cells become attracted, due to the advantages of high efficiency and
environmental friendly. The main purpose is to determine the optical and electrical
properties of chlorophyll which is extracted from A.Comosus. CHLO was integrated
(iCHLO) by oxidation polymerization process using different percentage of FeCl3 as
catalyst. This thin film was fabricated in bilayer ITO/TiO2/Dye. The UV-Vis spectra
showed that CHLO and iCHLO were absorbed at range 300-700 nm. The functional
group observed in FTIR spectra of iCHLO showed new peak was appeared and there
also showed that the functional group decomposition occurs. Indicating that the
molecules of CHLO are combined each other was formed. In this study, EC of iCHLO
thin film is higher than CHLO thin film due to conjugated molecule of iCHLO formed.
The highest EC was 10% FeCl3 of iCHLO compared to the CHLO. Thus, iCHLO have
potential due to enhance the performance of chlorophyll.
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