Synthesis and Photoluminesence Study of Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO)/ZnO for Solar Energy Absorbing Materials

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Abstract

Materials combining reduced graphene oxide (rGO) from coconut shells and commercial ZnO have been synthesized by dry-mixing in weight ratio of 1:2, 2:2, and 3:2. For photoluminesence (PL) characterization, the solutions with concentration of rGO/ZnO in aquadest up to 0.003 mg/mL were prepared. The absorbing photon energy by the samples at wavelength 280-426 nm (ultraviolet-purple) has induced electron transition to conduction band. Further, the returning electron to valence band was followed by photon emission at wavelength of 530-880 nm (green-infrared). The PL intensity was observed to drastically enhance with increasing content of rGO in the solution by 252.5%, 285.0% and 291.3% for the corresponding samples compared to the solution containing pure ZnO. The rGO/ZnO materials exhibit higher absorbance with wider wavelength range, and therefore can potentially be used as solar energy absorbing materials to enhance the efficiency of solar cell.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012036
JournalIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume196
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2017
Event3rd International Conference on Functional Materials Science 2016, ICFMS 2016 - Sanur-Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 19 Oct 201620 Oct 2016

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