3-7 July 2023
University of Zululand
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
The Proceedings of SAIP2023 Published: 20 December 2023

Computational study of electronic and optical properties of graphene/brookite(210) composite

6 Jul 2023, 11:20
20m
University of Zululand

University of Zululand

Oral Presentation Track A - Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Track 1

Speaker

Mr lutendo phuthu (University of Venda)

Description

Recently, carbonaceous nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and two-dimensional graphene have attracted the attention of the scientific community in probe to improve energy conversion and storage technologies. The graphene sheet is more preferred due to its large specific area, flexible structure, high transparency, excellent mobility of charge carriers and is expected to be able to slow the charge recombination. Graphene/Transition metal oxides nanocomposite study has become much of a wide interest recently with metal oxides like TiO2 and ZnO. These metal oxides are used as thin films in photovoltaic technology to harness energy. The final composite embodies both the transport properties of the former and the semiconducting properties of the latter species. This work describes an analysis of the electronic and optical properties of graphene/TiO2 studied using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) in application to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

Level for award;(Hons, MSc, PhD, N/A)?

PhD

Apply to be considered for a student ; award (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Mr lutendo phuthu (University of Venda)

Co-author

Nnditshedzeni Eric Maluta (University of Venda)

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