Investigation of manganese–molybdenum–diethyldithiocarbamate complex as a potential system for solar energy conversion
✍ Scribed by Edwin Suresh; John Pragasam; Francis P. Xavier; K. S. Nagaraja
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0363-907X
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✦ Synopsis
Manganese-molybdenum-diethyldithiocarbamate [MnMoO (Et dtc) (H O)] +Et dtc"diethyldithiocarbamate, complex has exhibited reversible photogalvanic behaviour in aqueous dimethylformamide medium when studied in a Honda cell. The photogalvanic behaviour has been further investigated by varying the pH, temperature and photosensitizers. UV, visible and sunlight were used as the radiation sources. A maximum potential of 345 mV was obtained at 80°C in visible light. The system was found to be reversible for several cycles. A photoelectrochemical cell was constructed by coupling a charged nickel electrode with the complex electrode which incorporates the experimental compound in acetylene black on a nickel substrate. A maximum potential of 1)08 V with 80 A current was obtained when irradiated with tungsten lamp.