Parametric study on ZnO nanostructures for solar cell applications

Author

Al-Azri, Khalifa ; Al-Ruqeishi, Majid S. ; Nor, Roslan Md ; Amin, Y.M.

Author_Institution

Minist. of Educ., Muscat, Oman

fYear

2011

fDate

1-3 June 2011

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

77

Abstract

A study on the formation of ZnO nanostructures using the carbothermal evaporation method without catalyst and at atmospheric argon pressure has been conducted. The effects of the position of the substrates to the source and deposition time were investigated. The results of these parametric studies based on field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) spectrum and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses support the reduction-evaporation model for ZnO nanostructures formation using carbothermal evaporation. We suggested that ZnO nanostructures that have been synthesized in this work have potential applications in solar cells.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; X-ray chemical analysis; X-ray diffraction; catalysts; evaporation model; field emission electron microscopy; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; scanning electron microscopy; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; EDX; FESEM; X-ray diffraction; XRD; ZnO; atmospheric argon pressure; carbothermal evaporation; catalyst; energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; field-emission scanning electron microscopy; nanostructured materials; pressure 1 atm; reduction-evaporation model; Diffraction; Nanowires; Silicon; Substrates; Zinc oxide; ZnO; carbothermal; evaporation; nanostructures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Energy & Environment (ISESEE), 2011 3rd International Symposium & Exhibition in

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0340-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISESEE.2011.5977113

Filename

5977113