Synthesis, structural and optical properties of ZnO Nano-rods used in Solar cells fabrication
Joint Authors
Uthman, Nada M.
Khalifah, Nudar O.
al-Bushra, Hadil A.
Mufdal, Manahil E.
Talib, Nada H.
Isa, Nashwa A.
Source
Journal of Science and Technology : in Engineering and Computer Sciences
Issue
Vol. 20, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2019), pp.11-16, 6 p.
Publisher
Sudan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Scientific Research
Publication Date
2019-04-30
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Sudan has vast areas of fertile land, abundance of minerals, water, winds and sunshine, many types of these energies become a valid option.
However, in this research, the focus shall only be concern-ing one type of renewable energy, which is solar energy.
The conventional solar cells are mainly made up of doped silicon electrodes.
Their major task is to convert visible light to electrical energy according to the photovoltaic (PV) conversion method.
However the production of these crystalline silicon solar cells is very complicated and expensive.
Therefore the aim of this research is to produce ZnO nano-rods with optimum characteristics that can be used in the construction of low-cost solar cells.
Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nano-rods in powder form were synthesized using the hydrothermal method, which is a simple and inex-pensive method.
The refinement of X-Ray diffraction (XRD) pattern was used to find and investigate the structural properties of the nano-rods.
The morphology and size of the ZnO nano-rods were determined by a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), while the EDX studies confirmed the formation of ZnO functional group.
The optical band gap energy was obtained using both UV-VIS-NIR diffuse reflectance and absortion spectroscopy also photo-luminesces (PL) was used.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Uthman, Nada M.& Khalifah, Nudar O.& al-Bushra, Hadil A.& Mufdal, Manahil E.& Talib, Nada H.& Isa, Nashwa A.. 2019. Synthesis, structural and optical properties of ZnO Nano-rods used in Solar cells fabrication. Journal of Science and Technology : in Engineering and Computer Sciences،Vol. 20, no. 1, pp.11-16.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Uthman, Nada M.…[et al.]. Synthesis, structural and optical properties of ZnO Nano-rods used in Solar cells fabrication. Journal of Science and Technology : in Engineering and Computer Sciences Vol. 20, no. 1 (2019), pp.11-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-910246
American Medical Association (AMA)
Uthman, Nada M.& Khalifah, Nudar O.& al-Bushra, Hadil A.& Mufdal, Manahil E.& Talib, Nada H.& Isa, Nashwa A.. Synthesis, structural and optical properties of ZnO Nano-rods used in Solar cells fabrication. Journal of Science and Technology : in Engineering and Computer Sciences. 2019. Vol. 20, no. 1, pp.11-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-910246
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 15-16
Record ID
BIM-910246