A Quantitative Study of ZnO Materials as Possible Down-shifters for Solar Cell Applications

Mahmood, Umme Aiman; Riedmüller, Benjamin; Sedhigi, Keivan; Herr, U.

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.337

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“…These conditions have been previously identified to yield maximum luminescence intensity. 5 The PVC/ ZnO were prepared by casting method in the chemistry laboratory, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Amman-Jordan. PVC and ZnO powders with 25 ml toluene solvent were mixed at 80 C with mechanical stirring for 2 h. After completion of the mixture dissolution, the composite films were prepared by casting technique, 18 the mixture poured in a glass mold of 5 cm diameter.…”

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“…ZnO is often called II-VI semiconductor material that has several favorable properties such as good transparency in the UV region, high electron mobility, high refractive index, wide band gap energy of 3.37 eV, and classify as n-type electrical conductivity. [5][6][7][8][9] In this study, poly (vinyl chloride) is a thermoplastic polymer that has been studied intensively because it owns desired properties such as good rubbery, wide band gap, easy processing, transparency, and has low melt viscosity. [10][11][12][13] In literature, few research papers have been published about the optical properties of the ZnO nanoparticles polymer composites.…”

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Effect of non-annealed and annealed ZnO on the optical properties of PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films

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Abushgair

2021

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

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The goal of this study was to investigate the optical properties of the prepared polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite films. The PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films consist of the addition of different concentrations with both non-annealed ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO nanoparticles annealed at temperature of 700°C. The PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films by weight concentrations of (0 wt.%, 2.5 wt.%, 5 wt.% and 10 wt.%) have been prepared by the casting method. The optical absorbance and transmittance values of the composites films were measured in the wavelength range between (250 to 1100 nm) at room temperature by using the UV-1800 Shimadzu spectrophotometer. The optical properties (absorption coefficient, dielectric constant, refractive index, and optical conductivity) have been investigated by the ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometer. The optical parameters (direct optical energy gap, excitation energy for electronic transitions, the dispersion energy, static refractive index, static dielectric constant, optical oscillator strengths, the moments of optical spectrum, linear optical susceptibility, third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility, nonlinear refractive index, high-frequency dielectric constant, the carrier concentration to the effective mass ratio, the long wavelength refractive index and the plasma frequency) were calculated. The results showed that the optical properties behavior of the PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films was found to be dependent on the ZnO concentration, and photon wavelength. In addition, the results of the study show that the optical parameters can be influenced by alter the concentration of the nonannealed and annealed a ZnO nanoparticle in the PVC polymer matrix.

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Effect of non-annealed and annealed ZnO on the optical properties of PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films

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Abushgair

2021

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

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“…A 4:1 ratio of ZnO nanoparticles powder and AOT has been put in the mixture to achieve a standard outcome. The amount of AOT has been scaled with the amount of ZnO nanoparticles so that the agglomeration of ZnO nanoparticles can be avoided [18].…”

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Cooling solar cells using ZnO nanoparticles as a down-shifter

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Down-shifting material is used to enhance the overall efficiency of the photovoltaic solar cell by reducing the energy of incident photons and then cooling down the temperature of the photovoltaic solar cells. This experimental work focused on studying the effect of ZnO nanoparticles as a downshifting material on reducing the temperature of the photovoltaic cells. Readings of temperature and voltagewhich were collected on different days in summer July showed a good effect of ZnO nanoparticles on solar cell temperature. Where there was a significant decrease in cell temperature of up to 4.5 °C, in addition an increase in voltage of about 1.5 V.

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Stress and interfacial/surface synergistically modulated charge transfer mechanism and nonlinear absorption properties in Ti3C2(-O)/MoS2 heterostructure

Liu,

Kan,

Jiang

et al. 2024

Applied Surface Science

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A Quantitative Study of ZnO Materials as Possible Down-shifters for Solar Cell Applications

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Effect of non-annealed and annealed ZnO on the optical properties of PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films

Effect of non-annealed and annealed ZnO on the optical properties of PVC/ZnO nanocomposite films

Cooling solar cells using ZnO nanoparticles as a down-shifter

Stress and interfacial/surface synergistically modulated charge transfer mechanism and nonlinear absorption properties in Ti3C2(-O)/MoS2 heterostructure

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