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Microwave assisted biosynthesis of rice shaped ZnO nanoparticles using Amorphophallus konjac tuber extract and its application in dye sensitized solar cells Cover

Microwave assisted biosynthesis of rice shaped ZnO nanoparticles using Amorphophallus konjac tuber extract and its application in dye sensitized solar cells

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 35 (2017): Issue 1 (March 2017)
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|Feb 2017
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Results of study of biosynthesized ZnO nanoparticles: (a) XRD pattern; (b) FESEM image; (c) EDAX and (d) TEM image.

(a) SAED pattern and (b) HRTEM image of biosynthesized ZnO nanoparticles.

(a) UV-Vis spectra and (b) Tauc’s plot of biosynthesized ZnO nanoparticles.

Absorbance spectra of (a) flower extracts of Callistemon citrinus and ZnO sensitized by flower extracts of Callistemon citrinus (b) leaf extracts of Euphorbia pulcherrima and ZnO sensitized by leaf extracts of Euphorbia pulcherrima (c) fruit extracts of Terminalia catappa and ZnO sensitized by flower extracts of Terminalia catappa.

Chemical structure of (a) cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside (b) germanicol (c) β-carotene.

J-V characteristics of biosynthesized ZnO based solar cells sensitized by natural dyes extracted from (a) flowers of Callistemon citrinus, (b) fruits of Terminalia catappa, and (c) leaves of Euphorbia pulcherrima.

Table 1

Solar cell parameters of fabricated ZnO based solar cells.

Dye extract/SolarVocJscFillEfficiency
cell parameters[V][mA/cm2]factor[%]
Callistemon citrinus0.54.90.58571.43±2.4
Terminalia catappa0.455.60.6561.63±2.4
Euphorbia pulcherrima0.556.80.44611.66±2.4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2017-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X (formerly 2083-124X) | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 111 - 119
Submitted on: Jun 30, 2016
Accepted on: Jan 17, 2017
Published on: Feb 24, 2017
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
green synthesis,
Amorphophallus konjac tubers extract,
rice shaped ZnO nanoparticle,
dye sensitized solar cell; natural dye,
XRD
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

© 2017 P. Naresh Kumar, K. Sakthivel, V. Balasubramanian, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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