International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume 1(3), ISSN: 2456-6470 www.ijtsrd.com 1 IJTSRD | Mar-Apr 2017 Available Online@www.ijtsrd.com Optical Response of MoSe2 Crystals H. S. Patel1, S. P. Shukla2, Hitesh Parmar3, R. K. Shah3, V. M. Pathak4 1Arts, Commerce & Science College, Borsad, Gujarat State, India 2 V. P. & R. P. T. P. Science College VallabhVidyanagar, Gujarat State, India 3Arts, Commerce & Science College, Bhadran, Gujarat State, India 4Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, VallabhVidyanagar, Gujarat State, India ABSTRACT Solar power is a very important source of renewable energy for many low power systems. Matching the power consumption level with the supply level can make a great difference in the efficiency of power utilization. MoSe2, crystals (photoelectrodes) have been grown via a direct vapour transport technique. This paper presents results of Photo Voltage (VPh) Vs. Photo current (IPh)curves measured for MoSe2 crystals of different Intensity levels between 10, 20,...100W/cm2 in Polychromatic as well as Monochromatic light. We finding the Open circuit Voltage (VOC), Short circuit current(ISC), fill factor and photo conversion efficiency (η) of Mose2 crystals. The Photo conversion efficiency of this MoSe2 crystals are less than 0.1% in Polychromatic light but nearly 1% in Monochromatic light. 1.NTRODUCTION Photovoltaic which also known as a PV, solar energy conversion system are the most widely used power systems. However, these devices suffer of very low conversion efficiency. This is due to the wavelength mismatch between the narrow wavelength band associated with the semi conductor energy gap and the broad band of the (blackbody) emission curve of the Sun. The MoSe2 crystals were grown by direct vapor transport technique using dual zone horizontal Furnace. We take its optical response in poly chromatic light as well as mono chromatic light. In mono chromatic light we used filter paper for 4725 Ǻ, 5325 Ǻ, 6050 Ǻ and 6850 Ǻ and finding different parameter like short circuit current, Open circuit voltage and photo conversion efficiency of MoSe2 crystals. 2. EXPERIMENTAL The MoSe2 crystals were grown by direct vapour Transport techniques using dual zone horizontal Furnace. We prepared two electrodes using grown MoSe2 crystals, Theohmiccontacts were made in plane geometry on the periphery of irregularly shaped crystals by using conductive silver paste (Elteck-1228C) and copper wire (0.285 mm). We used tungsten filament lamp for polychromatic illumination and filter paper for monochromatic illumination. 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS In this invistigation we prepared MoSe2 electrodes among these, two electrodes are selected for the detailed studies of optical response. Figure 1 shows the simple circuit diagram for study of optical response. The photovoltage photocurrent characteristics of MoSe2crystals have been shown in figure 2 and figure 3. All these figures contain the data regarding the variation of photovoltage and photocurrent for different intensities of incident polychromatic illuminations. The range of intensity of these polychromatic illuminations was from 10 mW/cm2 to 100 mW/cm2. From all these figure, it is quite evident that the photovoltagephotocurrent characteristics at all the intensities for all the electrodes exhibit the similar nature. All the characteristics have a diverging nature wherein the photovoltage is increase as the series resistance increase which is connected in circuit shown in figure 1. For all monocromatic as well as polycromatic ilight (4725 Ǻ, 5325 Ǻ, 6050 Ǻ and 6850 Ǻ)[1-6]. It is also observed that open circuit voltage (which is always measured under the condition of no resistance connected in the external circuit) and short circuit current (which is measured under the short circuit conditions) increase with increase in intensity. It is also quite evident from all figures corroseponding to all solar cell structures that area under photovoltage photocurrent characteristics increases with increase in intensity of incident polychromatic illumination. This is obviously an expected result because the increase in the intensity of incident illumination directly means that the number of quanta available to the absorbed by the semiconductor increases. The absorption of these quanta by the semiconductor leads to the photogeneration of the charge carriers which increases with the intensity of illumination. This ultimately lead to the improvement in the overall photovoltage photocurrent characteristics of the solar cells. The large deviation of photovoltaic characteristics from the ideal behaviour may be attributed to the fact that there are various parameters associated with the semiconducting material, which govern the effective photogeneration and charge transfer mechanism in the semiconductor interface[7,8]. Since in present case, all the photovoltaic characteristics deviate from the ideal behaviour, it can be concluded that the semiconductor International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume 1( IJTSRD | Mar-Apr 2017 Available Online@www.ijtsrd.com parameters of the semicoducting materials have a large contribution to mar the photovoltaic behaviour. It is also possible that the bend bending which is required for better Figure 1. Simple circuit diagram of MoSe Figure: 2. VphIph characteristics of MoSe2crystalat different intensities 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 P h ot o C ur re n t I P h (μ A ) Photo Voltage (VPh) mV 10 mW/cm2 30 mW/cm2 50 mW/cm2 70 mW/cm2 90 mW/cm2 3), ISSN: www.ijtsrd.com quality. But the photovoltaic characteristics observed in all the cases confirm the following facts[9]. 2 crystal Optical Response. of illuminations (Polychromatic light) for sample 1. 2.5 3 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 P h ot o C ur re n t I P h( μ A ) Photovoltage VPh (mV) mV Rh MoSe 2 Crystal hv 2456-6470 2 2.5 3 20 mW/cm2 40 mW/cm2 60 mW/cm2 80 mW/cm2 100 mW/cm2 μA International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume 1(3), ISSN: 2456-6470 www.ijtsrd.com 3 IJTSRD | Mar-Apr 2017 Available Online@www.ijtsrd.com We take optical response of MoSe2 crystals and estimate the below parameters,[10] 1. Short circuit current 2. Open circuit voltage 3. Fill factor 4. Incident Photoconversion efficiency 3.1. Short circuit current (Isc) Ideally, this is equal to the light generated current IL. The current measured directly across the electrode in the absence of any load (without load) in the external circuit is referred to as the short circuit current. It is given as, 0 exp 1 oc sc eV I I kT         (1) This parameter depends on the band gap of the semiconductor .Smaller the band gap greater is the expected short circuit current. 3.2. Open circuit voltage (Voc) The voltage measured in plane of the MoSe2 crystals when there is infinite load (i.e. open circuit) in the circuit is termed as the open circuit voltage. It can be written as, Voc = nkT e       ln (IL) (2) where n = ideality factor kT/e = 0.0259 volt (at =300K) IL = Intensity of illumination Thus, the open circuit voltage is expected to increase with the increase in the incident illumination intensity and bothsamples have same behavior.In comparison of open circuit voltage and short circuit current for monochromatic is higher than open circuit voltage and short circuit current for polychromatic illumination. 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 P h ot o C ur re n t I P h (μ A ) Photo Voltage VPh (mV) 10 mW/cm2 30 mW/cm2 50 mW/cm2 70 mW/cm2 90 mW/cm2 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 P h ot o C ur re n t I P h (μ A ) Photo Voltage VPh(mV) 20 mW/cm2 40 mW/cm2 60 mW/cm2 80 mW/cm2 100 mW/cm2 Figure: 3. VphIph characteristics of MoSe2crystalat different intensities of illuminations (Polychromatic light)for sample2. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume 1( IJTSRD | Mar-Apr 2017 Available Online@www.ijtsrd.com Sample : 1 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 V oc ( m V ) Intensity IL (mW/cm2) Voc Isc 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 V oc ( m V ) Intensity (mW/cm2) 4725Å 5325Å 6050Å 6850Å 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 V oc ( m V ) Intensity (mW/cm2) 4725Å 5325Å 6050Å 6850Å Figure: 4. Voc, Isc IL characteristics of MoSe Figure: 5. Voc IL andIscILcharacteristics of MoSe Figure: 6. Voc IL andIscILcharacteristics of MoSe 3), ISSN: www.ijtsrd.com Sample : 2 Sample : 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 110 Is c (μ A ) 90 100 90 100 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 V oc ( m V ) Intensity IL (mW/cm Voc Isc 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 10 20 30 40 50 Is c ( A ) Intensity (mW/cm 4725Å 5325Å 6050Å 6850Å 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 10 20 30 40 50 is c ( A ) Intensity (mW/cm 4725Å 5325Å 6050Å 6850Å 2crystalsat different intensities of illuminations (Polychromatic) for sample1 and 2. 2crystalsat different intensities of illuminations (Monochromatic) for sample1. 2crystalsat different intensities of (Monochromatic) for sample2. 2456-6470 4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 70 80 90100110 Is c (μ A ) 2) 60 70 80 90 100 2) 60 70 80 90 100 2) illuminations International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume 1( IJTSRD | Mar-Apr 2017 Available Online@www.ijtsrd.com 3.3 Fill factor We drowthe photovoltage (Vph) – photocurrent (I characteristics of MoSe2crystals at polychromatic light and calculated some parameters of term used to departure is known as the fill factor (F.F.) defined as, Fill Factor = * * Jmp Vmp Jsc Voc       whereJmp = mI p Area       and Jsc = Isc Area       whereJmp = the current density at maximum power point Vmp = the voltage at maximum power point ` Imp= the short circuit current at maximum power point Jsc= short circuit current density Voc =open circuit voltage 3.4 PhotoconversionEfficiency (ŋ) The photoconversion efficiency of solar cells is given by the relation,  = * L mp mpV J I       IL = the intensity of incident illumination. The photoconversion efficiency and a fill factor were calculated for all solar cell structures under investigations for all the intensities of incident illuminations. The variation of the photoconversion efficiency and fill factor with the incident illumination intensity for all the solar cell structures has been shown in figures7. From figure 7, we can conclude that as the intensity increase Fill factor and photoconversion efficiency is decrease and increase respectively. The values of photoconversion efficiencies were found to be less than 0.1% which is significantly low. So, it can be said that the solar cell structure fabricated in present investigations have so many factors governing the overall photoconversion mechanism 17]. 3), ISSN: www.ijtsrd.com ph) express this (3) (4) [10- Sample : 1 Sample : 2 Figure 7. Variation of photoconversion efficiency (η) and fill factor with intensity of illuminations (polychromatic light) for Sample 1 and 2. We take also optical response of MoSe Monochromatic light at 4725 Å, 5325 Å, 6050 Å and and estimating the photoconversion efficiency for studying particular wavelength by using formula (Eq. 4).The values of photoconversion efficiencies were found to be nearly 1% which is significantly low. 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Ph ot oc on ve rs io n Ef fic ie nc y (η ) % IntensityIL (mW/cm Photoconversion Efficiency Fill Factor 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02 0.025 0.03 0.035 0.04 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 P ho to co nv er si on E ff ic ie nc y  (% ) Intensity IL (mW/cm Photoconversion Efficiency Fill factor 2456-6470 5 2 crystals of 6850Å , 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 70 80 90100 Fi ll F ac to r 2) 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 70 80 90 100 Fi ll f ac to r 2) International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, Volume 1( IJTSRD | Mar-Apr 2017 Available Online@www.ijtsrd.com Sample : 1 4. CONCLUSION A photovoltaic cell consists of light absorbing material which is connected with external circuits in asymmetric manner. Charge carriers are generated in the material by the absorption of photon of light, and are driven towards one or other of the contact by the built in spatial asymmetry. When a load connected to external circuit, the cell produce current and voltage and can to electric work this light driven charge separation established photovoltage at open circuit & generated a photocurrent at short circuit. We are finding the photo conversion efficiency of MoSe crystals in polychromatic light nearly 0.1% and monochromatic light nearly 1%. 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 P ho to co nv er si on E ff ic ie nc y (η )% Intensity IL (mW/cm2) 4725Å 5325Å 6050Å 6850Å Figure 8.Variation of photoconversion efficiency (η) with intensity of illuminations (Monochromatic light) for Sample 1 and 2. 3), ISSN: www.ijtsrd.com a 2 Sample : 2 5. 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