Md. Nurul Islam, Tubai Ghosh, K. L. Chopra, H. N. Acharya
Ashkan Ashrafi, C. Jagadish
Common II-VI compound semiconducting materials are stable thermodynamically with zincblende phase, while the II-O materials such as zinc oxide (ZnO) and beryllium oxide (BeO) are stable with wurtzite phase, and cadmium oxide (CdO) and magnesium oxide (MgO) are stable in rocksalt phase. This phase di...
Muhammad Rakibul Islam, Mukhlasur Rahman, Syed Farid Uddin Farhad, Jiban Podder
Nanostructured ZnO and Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates by a simple sol–gel dip coating technique. The effect of Al dopant on the crystal structure, surface morphology, optical and electrical properties of films were studied using powder X-ray diffractometer (XRD), ...
Mashrafi Bin Mobarak, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Fariha Chowdhury, Samina Ahmed
In this research, we strived to utilize waste fish scale (labeo rohita) for synthesizing CuO nano-particles (CuO NPs), which gained much attention due to its distinctive properties and versatile applications. Upon the heat treatment, the collagen content of the fish scale got transformed into gelati...
Farhana Anwar, Rafee Mahbub, Sakin S. Satter, Saeed Ullah
Simulation has been done using SCAPS-1D to examine the efficiency of CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 -based solar cells including various HTM layers such as spiro-OMeTAD, Cu 2 O, and CuSCN. ZnO nanorod array has been considered as an ETM layer. Device parameters such as thickness of the CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 layer, defec...
Nayem Hossain, Md Hosne Mobarak, Mariam Akter Mimona, Md. Aminul Islam et al.
This review paper gives an overview of recent developments in nanoparticle research and semiconductor industry applications. Nanoparticles have become useful building blocks for a variety of semiconductor devices and processes. Quantum dot technology, thin-film deposition, chemical mechanical planar...
M.N.H. Mia, Md. Firoz Pervez, M. Khalid Hossain, M. Reefaz Rahman et al.
Tailoring optical bandgap of ZnO nanostructured thin films doped with different elements facilitates potential material for photonic applications. Different methods of fabrication process result in different optical and structural properties for the same amount of Mg content. Therefore, details inve...
Md. Jahidul Haque, Md Masum Bellah, Md Rakibu Hassan, Suhanur Rahman
Abstract In this work, two different methods (sol-gel and biosynthesis) were adopted for the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. The leaf extract of Azadirachta Indica (Neem) was utilized in the biosynthesis scheme. Structural, antibacterial, photocatalytic and optical performances of the t...
Abdullah Sakib, Shah Md. Masum, Jan Hoinkis, Rafiqul Islam et al.
CuO/ZnO composites are synthesized using a simple mechanochemical combustion method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) are used to characterize the prepared oxides. X-ray diffraction reveals ...
Muhammad Rakibul Islam, Jiban Podder
Abstract Good homogeneous and stoichiometric ZnO nanofiber thin films have been deposited onto cleaned glass substrate by a simple spray pyrolysis technique under atmospheric pressure using zinc acetate precursor at temperature 200 °C. Films of various thicknesses have been obtained by varying the d...
Sapan Kumar Sen, Utpal Chandra Barman, Md. Serajum Manir, Pritish Mondal et al.
Abstract In this article, pure and 2 M% dysprosium (Dy)-doped α -MoO3 nanobelts have been successfully synthesised by the autoclave assisted-hydrothermal method. The x-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns revealed that the nanobelts were crystalline in nature with an orthorhombic structure. The sharp and ...
Jiale Yong, Feng Chen, Qing Yang, Umar Farooq et al.
A one-step way to achieve smart reversible switching between the underwater superoleophobicity and underwater superoleophilicity of femtosecond laser ablated Ti materials.
Yuanjian Zhang, Zoë Schnepp, Junyu Cao, Shuxin Ouyang et al.
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion of solar light into chemical fuels is one of the most promising solutions to the challenge of sustainable energy. Graphitic carbon (IV) nitride polymer (g-CN) is an interesting sustainable photocathode material due to low-cost, visible-light sensitivity, and che...
Sanjoy Chandra Das, Robert J. Green, Jiban Podder, Tom Regier et al.
The tuning of semiconductor band gaps can often provide significant performance increases and new applications for electronic, optoelectronic, and photocatalytic devices. Here, we study the band gaps of pure and nickel-doped zinc oxide thin films synthesized using the low-cost spray pyrolysis deposi...
K. Omri, J. El Ghoul, O. M. Lemine, M. Bououdina et al.