Energy efficiency, solar energy conversion and storage in photogalvanic cell

Abstract Solar generating photogalvanic cell collect the energy from the sun for conversion to electricity. In the present work photogalvanic effect was studied in photogalvanic cell consisting Tween 60 – Biebrich scarlet – Ascorbic acid system. The photopotential, photocurrent and power generated in cell were 919.0 mV, 210.0 μA and 93.15 μW respectively. The conversion efficiency and storage capacity reported in this article as 0.8967% and 75.0 min. respectively. The effects of other parameters on the cell electrical output were investigated and a cell photoreaction mechanism for the generation of the photocurrent has also been proposed. The results also shown the efficiency along with storage performance of a photogalvanic cell based on Tween 60 – Bibrich scarlet – Ascorbic acid system.

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