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creators_name: Yuharmon, N.A.S.
creators_name: Mohamed, N.M.
creators_name: Chong, F.K.
creators_name: Cheong, K.Y.
title: Scanning electron microscopy of soxhlet extracted aloe vera gel for electrolyte application
ispublished: pub
keywords: Energy dispersive X ray analysis; Extraction; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Hexane; Organic solvents; Refractive index; Solid electrolytes; Viscosity; X ray diffraction analysis, Aloe vera gels; Energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX); Environmental safety; Extraction process; Gel electrolyte; Low costs; Organic materials; Soxhlet extraction, Scanning electron microscopy
note: cited By 1; Conference of 5th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences, ICFAS 2018 ; Conference Date: 13 August 2018 Through 15 August 2018; Conference Code:142772
abstract: Organic materials such as aloe vera gel are now being used in a wide range of solar cells application because of their properties, environmental safety and low cost. The characterizations of the aloe vera gel are discussed in this paper to determine the preferable characteristics of aloe vera gel which make it suitable to acts as gel electrolyte in DSSCs. The study was started by selecting the best aloe vera gel properties between younger and older aloe vera gel through the refractive index and viscosity analysis. Surprisingly, older aloe vera gel has suitable characteristics which is lower refractive index and consists higher value of viscosity, which needed in electrolyte application for DSSCs when being extracted by using soxhlet extraction methods. The extraction process was carried out in a series of solvents which is hexane and the mixture of hexane and ethanol at specific ratio. The functional group of the unfiltered and filtered aloe vera gel were determined by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) while the surface morphology and spatial distribution elements of the samples were examined by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDX). © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
date: 2018
publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058222287&doi=10.1088%2f1742-6596%2f1123%2f1%2f012070&partnerID=40&md5=a251739fa94858b9b309e4f9fa4fc02e
id_number: 10.1088/1742-6596/1123/1/012070
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
volume: 1123
number: 1
refereed: TRUE
issn: 17426588
citation:   Yuharmon, N.A.S. and Mohamed, N.M. and Chong, F.K. and Cheong, K.Y.  (2018) Scanning electron microscopy of soxhlet extracted aloe vera gel for electrolyte application.  In: UNSPECIFIED.