Biosynthesis of ZrO Nanoparticles And Its Natural Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Studies

• Published in: Materials today : proceedings 2018, Vol.5 (2), p.8691-8698
• Main Authors: Vennila, R., Kamaraj, P., Arthanareeswari, M., Sridharan, M., Sudha, G., Devikala, S., Arockiaselvi, J., Sivakumar, B., banu, A. Hasina, Rajeshwari, K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: EDAX; Nanoparticle; SEM; Solar cell; XRD
• ISSN: 2214-7853; 2214-7853
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2017.12.295

Today’s solar cells are simply not enough, efficient and are too expensive to manufacture for large-scale electricity generation. However, potential advancements in nanotechnology may open the door to the production of cheaper and slightly more efficient solar cells. Nanotechnology might be able to increase the efficiency of solar cells, but the most promising application of nanotechnology is the reduction of manufacturing cost. The synthesis of metallic nanoparticles is an active area of academic, application research as well as nanotechnology. Biological synthesis of nanoparticles by bacteria, fungi, yeast, and plant extract is the best alternative to develop cost effective, less labor, non-toxic using more green approach, environmentally benign nanoparticles synthesis to avoid adverse effects in many nanomaterials applications.Titanium dioxide nanoparticles have wide applications for dye-sensitized solar cells, in air and water purification, due to their potential oxidation strength, high photo stability and non-toxicity. Zirconium oxide nanoparticles synthesized by using methonolic extract of Glorisa superba tuber powder. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, SEM and EDAX methods and to study the natural dye sensitized solar cell activity of zirconium oxide nanoparticle by solar cell simulator method.