Open AccessSynthesis and characterization of properties of zinc coated Thaumatococcus daniellii extracts for solid state application
Author(s) -
Moses Emetere,
M. Ahiara Ikechukwu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/958/1/012002
Subject(s) - zinc , methanol , semiconductor , characterization (materials science) , ethanol , solid state , band gap , materials science , n butanol , atom (system on chip) , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , nanotechnology , butanol , nuclear chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , computer science , embedded system
Recent technological inventions focus on the eco-friendly device that would not constitute hazard to immediate environment i.e. both in the short and long term. This research focus on screening bio-semiconductor using synthesized zinc coated Thaumatococcus daniellii extract. The band gap of sample 1 (extract in methanol solution), sample 2 (extract in ethanol solution) and sample 3 (extract in butanol solution) was calculated as 2 eV, 1.67 eV and 2 eV respectively. Also, the low and high Q-transition energy in the ethanol and butanol solution was able to show that the d-shell (d 10 ) of the zinc atom was modified. This modification is a huge possibility of deriving bio-semiconductor from plant extract.