Low temperature growth of ZnO nanorods array via solution-immersion on TiO2 seed layer

Asib, N. A. M.; Aadila, A.; Afaah, A.N.; Rusop, M.; Khusaimi, Z.

doi:10.1063/1.5036904

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“…The tip on the syringe pump was connected to a high voltage positive terminal at varying distances (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 cm) located horizontally relative to the collector plate of the fluorine-doped tin oxide glass deposited with TiO 2 with negative terminals using the direct deposition method. The flow rate of the solution through the needle was varied (3,4,5,6,7, and 8 μL/min) based on the rate at the electrospinning machine. The fluorine-doped tin oxide glass deposited with TiO 2 nanoparticles and ZnO nanofibers was sintered at a temperature of 500 °C with a retention time of 1 h using a Digital Muffle Furnace model XD-1700M.…”

Section: Fabrication Of Zno Nanofibersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…DSSCs performance was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to determine the morphology and size of semiconductor nanofibers; absorbance testing with a UV 1800 UV-VIS spectrophotometer was used to measure the bandgap energy value using Tauc's plot method, as shown in Equation 1 (Alrikabi, 2017;Firdaus et al, 2012). The bandgap energy function is the value of VOC, as shown in Equation 2 (Bakr et al, 2019); the dyeloading ability of each sample was measured using the desorption method and the Lambert-Beer equation, which tests the solution's absorbance, as shown in Equation 3 (Asib et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hence, the dye was separated from the semiconductor entirely. The released dye solution was tested for its absorbance value using UV-VIS (Asib et al, 2018;Marimuthu et al, 2018).…”

Section: Characterization Of Light Absorbance and Transmittancementioning

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CHARACTERIZATION OF ZnO NANOFIBER ON DOUBLE-LAYER DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS USING DIRECT DEPOSITION METHOD

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Hadi²,

Suyitno³

et al. 2020

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Solar cells are capable of harvesting energy by converting solar heat into electrical energy through the photovoltaic process. A type of solar cell, namely dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) which based on doublelayer photoanode is attracting researchers and engineers considering its characteristics, e.g., high efficiency, low cost, and available mass-production. The TiO2-ZnO double-layer semiconductor can be obtained from a nanofiber ZnO semiconductor which is deposited with a TiO2 nanoparticle semiconductor. In this study, the direct deposition method was applied using an electrospinning machine. The intention is to directly capture the liquid of electro-jet spun from PVA/Zn(Ac)2 solution onto fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. The glass itself is coated with a TiO2 nanoparticle semiconductor. The investigation was addressed to obtain the best tip distance to the collector and the best flow rate in the electrospinning process. The subject environment was designated on the manufacturing process of nanofiber ZnO semiconductors used as double-layer DSSC photoanodes. Variations in flow rates of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 μL/minute were applied in the observation. Furthermore, collaboration with the tip to collector distances using a variation of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 cm was also considered in this study. Based on these parameters, the effects of the electrospinning process on the morphology of the directly deposited ZnO nanofiber semiconductor were obtained. The results showed that a flow rate of 4 μL/minute and a tip distance to the collector of 8 cm produced a small diameter and uniform morphology. This morphology allowed ZnO nanofibers to have better color absorption and electron excitation. Thus, it was directly proportional to the high efficiency of double-layer DSSCs. The performance value for the 4 μL/min discharge was 2.39%, and the performance value for the 8 cm needle tip distance to the collector was 1.61%.

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