Open AccessThe effect of ZnO – TiO2 synthesis analysis using sol-gel method on calcination temperature of thin film as an alternative energy materials
Author(s) -
Abdul Rais,
Timbangen Sembiring,
Syahrul Humaidi,
Abdul Hakim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2193/1/012047
Subject(s) - calcination , materials science , crystallite , sol gel , thin film , crystal (programming language) , grain size , chemical engineering , analytical chemistry (journal) , nanotechnology , mineralogy , composite material , metallurgy , catalysis , organic chemistry , chemistry , computer science , engineering , programming language
The manufacture of solar cells from ZnO – TiO 2 is synthesized at 400°C, 500°C, and 600°C. This research was carried out by synthesizing ZnO, TiO 2 , and ZnO + TiO 2 with the sol-gel method and was ground using a stirrer at 80°C, 200 rpm for 30 minutes. In this study, the thin-film glass used was Select Micro Slides, which measures 76 x 26 mm of 1.0/1.2 mm thick. The synthetic mixture used is 98% ethanol. Before testing, materials synthesis resulted from 2x2 mm coated thin glass was furnished for 1 hour with the calcination temperature of 400°C, 500°C, and 600°C. The results or the characterization performed on ZnO with a temperature of 400°C, has a peak point: 50 - 20. The graph described that there are two pairs of the same peak point, namely: 27 and 20. TiO 2 with a temperature of 500oC has a peak point of 300 - 20, and 20. And ZnO + TiO 2 with a temperature of 600°C has a peak point of 340 - 4. The temperature of crystal size varied; ZnO at a temperature of 400°C has a crystal size of 792.0585 AO or 79.205 nm, TiO 2 at a temperature of 500oC has a crystal size 492.10489 AO or 49.21 nm, and ZnO + TiO 2 at a temperature of 600°C has a crystallite size of 453 440 Ao or 45.34 nm. The result of the synthesis was different from the XRD characterization, wavelength, and crystal size. ZnO and TiO 2 can influence various characteristics such as; increasing peak point, wavelength, crystal size, and other effects that can provide heat or electrical energy.