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Synthesis of Zn/TiO2 Thin Films for Self-Cleaning Applications

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cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Faculty of Electronic Engineering & Technology
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dc.contributor.author Dewi Suriyani Che Halin
dc.contributor.author Abidin A.S.Z.
dc.contributor.author Azani A.
dc.contributor.author Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh
dc.contributor.author Kamrosni Abdul Razak
dc.contributor.author Mohd. Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah
dc.contributor.author Muhammad Mahyiddin Ramli
dc.contributor.author Sandu A.V.
dc.contributor.author Vizureanu P.
dc.contributor.author Kaczmarek L.
dc.contributor.author Garus S.
dc.contributor.author Garus J.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-03T22:47:10Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-03T22:47:10Z
dc.date.issued 2022-07-01
dc.description.abstract Titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin film has been widely used in semiconductor applications. The surface modification on TiO2 has been done by adding zinc (Zn) in order to improve surface wettability and enhance the photocatalysis efficiency for solar cell applications. Self-cleaning technology is very important to sustain the efficiency of the solar cell and reduce the cost of the maintenance of the solar cell. In this work, the sol–gel method was used due to the economic factor and its best efficiency. The sol–gel method is a wet chemical technique involving several steps, such as hydrolysis and polycondensation, gelation, aging, drying, densification, and crystallization. The X-Ray diffraction pattern shows that anatase and rutile phases were detected at 2θ = 36.3864◦. It was clearly seen at 4% Zn-doped TiO2 annealed at 400◦C that due to the increment of Zn concentration, the phase transformed from the anatase phase to the rutile phase at high temperature. The scanning electron microscope micrograph shows that Zn concentration affects grain size. The water contact angle produced when 4% Zn-doped TiO2 was annealed at 300◦C, was 18◦ — higher than in the sample of 4% Zn-doped TiO2 annealed at 400◦C. These results clearly showed that the dopant concentration and the annealing temperature influence the properties of TiO2 for a self-cleaning application.
dc.identifier.doi 10.12693/APhysPolA.142.164
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dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/9016
dc.language.iso en
dc.relation.funding Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
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dc.relation.ispartof Acta Physica Polonica A
dc.relation.ispartofseries Acta Physica Polonica A
dc.relation.issn 05874246
dc.rights open access
dc.subject photocatalysis | self-cleaning | sol–gel | topics: titanium dioxide
dc.title Synthesis of Zn/TiO2 Thin Films for Self-Cleaning Applications
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oaire.citation.issue 1
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oaire.citation.volume 142
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oairecerif.affiliation.orgunit Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI
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oairecerif.affiliation.orgunit Częstochowa University Of Technology
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