eprintid: 5329 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/53/29 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:17:03 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:17:03 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:01:18 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bashardoust, S. creators_name: Mohamed, N.M. creators_name: Ong, B.H. creators_name: Zaine, S.N.A. title: Modified polyol-mediated synthesis of doped TiO2 nanoparticles as the photoanode in dye solar cells (DSCs) ispublished: pub keywords: Agglomeration; Alcohols; Chemicals removal (water treatment); Doping (additives); Metal nanoparticles; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Nickel; Scanning electron microscopy; Solar cells; Titanium oxides, Doped-TiO; Dye solar cells; Energy dispersive x-ray; Morphology and crystal structures; Photo-anodes; Photocatalytic materials; Polyol-mediated; Polyol-mediated synthesis, Titanium dioxide note: cited By 0; Conference of Joint International Conference on Nanoscience, Engineering and Management, BOND21 ; Conference Date: 19 August 2013 Through 21 August 2013; Conference Code:105439 abstract: Synthesis of nanoscale TiO2 exhibiting specific properties of electron or ion conductivity is critical to improve the performance of dye solar cells (DSC). This paper presents the modified polyol-mediated synthesis of doped TiO2 nanoparticles. TiO2 samples were doped with cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni) and the effects of calcination temperature (550 °C and 650 °C) on the crystallinity of pure samples were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was used to determine the effect of dopant in lattice structure. The morphology and Crystal structure of TiO2 samples and their chemical analysis was conducted using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectrometer respectively. Results show agglomeration of spherical particles in all doped samples. Crystal structure in the doped samples reveals modified phases and major crystal phase identical to anatase. It is observed that the molar ratio of water to metal can control the nucleation and growth and prevents significant agglomeration of nanoparticles. More effective doping was recorded for samples with 0.5 concentration. Effective hydroxyl group is detected in both 0.5 Ni and Co promising good photocatalytic material. SEM images of 0.2 Ni-doped sample shows smallest average particle size. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. date: 2014 publisher: Trans Tech Publications official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84901718624&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.925.575&partnerID=40&md5=db8734eab71ed2fc136e4f25565910aa id_number: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.925.575 full_text_status: none publication: Advanced Materials Research volume: 925 place_of_pub: Penang pagerange: 575-579 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9783038350866 issn: 10226680 citation: Bashardoust, S. and Mohamed, N.M. and Ong, B.H. and Zaine, S.N.A. (2014) Modified polyol-mediated synthesis of doped TiO2 nanoparticles as the photoanode in dye solar cells (DSCs). Advanced Materials Research, 925. pp. 575-579. ISSN 10226680