Open AccessFabricated of Cu Doped ZnO Nanoparticles for Solar Cell Application
Author(s) -
Baghdad Science Journal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mağallaẗ baġdād li-l-ʿulūm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2411-7986
pISSN - 2078-8665
DOI - 10.21123/bsj.15.2.198-204
Subject(s) - zinc , copper , nanoparticle , aqueous solution , materials science , sodium hydroxide , doping , zinc hydroxide , band gap , spectroscopy , solar cell , diffraction , atomic absorption spectroscopy , nuclear chemistry , absorption spectroscopy , ultraviolet visible spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , copper oxide , chemistry , nanotechnology , optics , chromatography , optoelectronics , metallurgy , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Copper with different concentrations doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles were prepared from a mixture of zinc acetate and copper acetate with sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution. The structure of the prepared samples was done by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV-VIS absorption spectrophotometer. Debye-Scherer formula was used to calculate the size of the prepared samples. The band gap of the nanoparticle ZnO was determined by using UV-VIS optical spectroscopy.