Enhanced photovoltaic features of tin-doped cobalt molybdate nanostructure materials




HIGHLIGHTS
  • What: VOLUME 04, ISSUE 02, 2024
  • Who: Energy, bandgap and Ijeh, Rufus from the Department of Physics, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria have published the research: PHYSICSAccess Enhanced Photovoltaic Features of Tin-doped Cobalt Molybdate Nanostructure Materials, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • How: The authors explored multiple approaches with a focus on photovoltaic applications.
SUMMARY

    He population growth in developing nations has led to an increased demand for energy for a better lifestyle. Cobalt molybdate has been doped with manganese, chromium, nickel, iron, and gallium to improve energy storage performance in supercapacitors. Tin doping increases cobalt molybdate`s conductivity, improving its effectiveness. Fine-tuning a material`s properties for applications is possible by adjusting the doping concentration. Despite extensive research on cobalt molybdate, the impact of tin doping is relatively unexplored, offering the potential for groundbreaking results. Doping aims to insert an intermediary level to lower the energy bandgap, enabling electron movement from the valence to the conduction band. A slight alteration of the CoMo structure at low Sn concentration may improve photovoltaic and solar cell performance while preserving the crystal_structure. The crystallite size of the CoMo material is (4.77, 4.85, 4.90, 5.16, 5.41, 5.52, 5.72, and 5.89) nm, while the crystallite size of the Sn doped CoMo material is (2.44, 2.49, 2.53, 2.69, 2.75, 2.85, and 2.93) nm. C. FTIR study of cobalt molybdate and tin-doped cobalt molybdate Fig 4 illustrates how FTIR analysis reveals functional_groups and bonds in CoMo and Sn-doped versions by examining absorption peaks in the spectrum. Doping CoMo with Sn improves the Ijeh and Imosobomeh structure. The addition of 0.1 mol Sn to the CoMo lattice alters the surface morphology, resulting in smaller pArticle sizes. The incorporating 0.2 mol Sn results in a surface with more distinguishing properties, such as increased porosity or different phases,,, @@

LAY DEFINITIONS
  • Semiconductor: A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as metallic copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals are the opposite
  • Molybdate: In chemistry a molybdate is a compound containing an oxoanion with molybdenum in its highest oxidation state of 6. Molybdenum can form a very large range of such oxoanions which can be discrete structures or polymeric extended structures, although the latter are only found in the solid state
  • Nanostructure: Materials which have structured components with at least one dimension in the range of 1 to 100 nanometers. These include NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; and NANOWIRES
  • Cobalt: The cytochrome complex, or cyt c, is a small hemeprotein found loosely associated with the inner membrane of the mitochondrion. It belongs to the cytochrome c family of proteins and plays a major role in cell apoptosis
  • Tin: Tin oxide, also known as stannic oxide in the older notation, is the inorganic compound with the formula SnO2. It is not named tin dioxide because Tin is a Type II Metal, and so is named Tin Oxide by nomenclature

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Site reference: https://doi.org/10.47514/phyaccess.2024.4.2.017

DOI reference: https://www.doi.org/10.47514/phyaccess.2024.4.2.017

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