Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell
A co-precipitation route was followed to produce zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites (ZnO-SnO2 NCs) by changing molar proportion between precursor salts. The characterization tools, viz. XRD, UV–Vis spectrophotometer, SEM, and EDAX were utilized to inspect structural, optical, morphological, and ele...
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| author | S. Kanimozhi S. Suresh S. Thambidurai N. Suresh K.M. Prabu |
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| description | A co-precipitation route was followed to produce zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites (ZnO-SnO2 NCs) by changing molar proportion between precursor salts. The characterization tools, viz. XRD, UV–Vis spectrophotometer, SEM, and EDAX were utilized to inspect structural, optical, morphological, and elemental features of ZnO-SnO2 NCs. The XRD patterns exhibited diffraction angles corresponding to hexagonal wurtzite ZnO and tetragonal rutile SnO2. The ZnO-SnO2 NCs showed absorption from 300 nm to 700 nm, owing to the presence of visible light reactive SnO2 in the ZnO–SnO2 NCs. The SEM images displayed ZnO–SnO2 NCs with diverse morphology as a consequence of the incorporation of Sn2+ ions and the corresponding EDAX spectra confirmed their purity. The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) integrated with ZnO–SnO2 NC photoanodes showed considerable variations in photovoltaic parameters due to the influence of their band gap and morphology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d275c57fff8c45e98d2f6579df596dcc2022-12-22T04:41:09ZengElsevierResults in Chemistry2211-71562022-01-014100615Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cellS. Kanimozhi0S. Suresh1S. Thambidurai2N. Suresh3K.M. Prabu4PG & Research Department of Physics, Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Uthangarai– 636 902, Tamil Nadu, India; Department of Physics, Periyar University, Salem – 636 011, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPG & Research Department of Physics, Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Uthangarai– 636 902, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPG & Research Department of Physics, Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Uthangarai– 636 902, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPG & Research Department of Physics, Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Uthangarai– 636 902, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPG & Research Department of Physics, Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Uthangarai– 636 902, Tamil Nadu, India; Corresponding author.A co-precipitation route was followed to produce zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites (ZnO-SnO2 NCs) by changing molar proportion between precursor salts. The characterization tools, viz. XRD, UV–Vis spectrophotometer, SEM, and EDAX were utilized to inspect structural, optical, morphological, and elemental features of ZnO-SnO2 NCs. The XRD patterns exhibited diffraction angles corresponding to hexagonal wurtzite ZnO and tetragonal rutile SnO2. The ZnO-SnO2 NCs showed absorption from 300 nm to 700 nm, owing to the presence of visible light reactive SnO2 in the ZnO–SnO2 NCs. The SEM images displayed ZnO–SnO2 NCs with diverse morphology as a consequence of the incorporation of Sn2+ ions and the corresponding EDAX spectra confirmed their purity. The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) integrated with ZnO–SnO2 NC photoanodes showed considerable variations in photovoltaic parameters due to the influence of their band gap and morphology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715622003344ZnO–SnO2 nanocompositesCo-precipitation methodDSSCSolar energy conversionMorphological effect |
| spellingShingle | S. Kanimozhi S. Suresh S. Thambidurai N. Suresh K.M. Prabu Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell Results in Chemistry ZnO–SnO2 nanocomposites Co-precipitation method DSSC Solar energy conversion Morphological effect |
| title | Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_full | Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_fullStr | Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_short | Facile co-precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide-tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cell |
| title_sort | facile co precipitation assisted synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide tin oxide nanocomposites and their performance evaluation as photoanodes in dye sensitized solar cell |
| topic | ZnO–SnO2 nanocomposites Co-precipitation method DSSC Solar energy conversion Morphological effect |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715622003344 |
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