Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications

© 2019 The Ceramic Society of Japan. All rights reserved. ZnO nanoplates and ZnO nanostructure flowers were successfully synthesized in alkaline solutions containing different contents of sodium hydroxide by a cyclic-microwave method. The as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray Diffracti...

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Main Authors: Surangkana Wannapop, Asanee Somdee, Titipun Thongtem, Somchai Thongtem
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-654812019-08-05T04:43:15Z Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications Surangkana Wannapop Asanee Somdee Titipun Thongtem Somchai Thongtem Chemistry Materials Science Physics and Astronomy © 2019 The Ceramic Society of Japan. All rights reserved. ZnO nanoplates and ZnO nanostructure flowers were successfully synthesized in alkaline solutions containing different contents of sodium hydroxide by a cyclic-microwave method. The as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray Diffraction, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy and ultraviolet (UV)visible spectroscopy. The crystal structure of ZnO nanoplates and nanostructure flowers are wurtzite structure with energy band gap of 3.2013.217 eV. In this research, these products were applied as energy harvesting materials in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and also used photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) under UV irradiation. In the case of photo conversion materials, the DSSCs based ZnO nanoplates showed the best performance of photoconversion to electricity at 1.5 AM illumination. Moreover, it also well performed at dye degradation of MB under UV irradiation. 2019-08-05T04:34:01Z 2019-08-05T04:34:01Z 2019-06-01 Journal 13486535 18820743 2-s2.0-85067410674 10.2109/jcersj2.19015 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85067410674&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/65481
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Chemistry
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
spellingShingle Chemistry
Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Surangkana Wannapop
Asanee Somdee
Titipun Thongtem
Somchai Thongtem
Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
description © 2019 The Ceramic Society of Japan. All rights reserved. ZnO nanoplates and ZnO nanostructure flowers were successfully synthesized in alkaline solutions containing different contents of sodium hydroxide by a cyclic-microwave method. The as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray Diffraction, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy and ultraviolet (UV)visible spectroscopy. The crystal structure of ZnO nanoplates and nanostructure flowers are wurtzite structure with energy band gap of 3.2013.217 eV. In this research, these products were applied as energy harvesting materials in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and also used photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) under UV irradiation. In the case of photo conversion materials, the DSSCs based ZnO nanoplates showed the best performance of photoconversion to electricity at 1.5 AM illumination. Moreover, it also well performed at dye degradation of MB under UV irradiation.
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author Surangkana Wannapop
Asanee Somdee
Titipun Thongtem
Somchai Thongtem
author_facet Surangkana Wannapop
Asanee Somdee
Titipun Thongtem
Somchai Thongtem
author_sort Surangkana Wannapop
title Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
title_short Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
title_full Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
title_fullStr Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
title_sort synthesis of zno nanostructures by microwave irradiation for energy conversion material in for dye sensitized solar cells and materials for photocatalytic dye degradation applications
publishDate 2019
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