Binary and ternary metal oxide semiconductor thin films for effective gas sensing applications: A comprehensive review and future prospects

K Sivaperuman, A Thomas, R Thangavel… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
For a couple of decades, there is a tremendous growth in industries and technology in the
global level. Unfortunately, emerging new industries became a main reason for rising air …

A review on advancements, challenges, and prospective of copper and non-copper based thin-film solar cells using facile spray pyrolysis technique

K Vijayan, SP Vijayachamundeeswari, K Sivaperuman… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The indispensability and innovations in thin-film-based solar cells are gaining attention
among researchers due to their tremendous growth as a sustainable energy source. The …

Highly efficient 3D-ZnO nanosheet photoelectrodes for solar-driven water splitting: Chalcogenide nanoparticle sensitization and mathematical modeling

CT Altaf, M Faraji, A Kumtepe, N Abdullayeva… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) zinc oxide nanosheets (ZnO-NS), assembled on the FTO
coated glass substrates after chemical treatment, have been achieved via a simple yet …

Tuning the Properties of the CuAl(1–X)FeXS2 Thin Film as a Potential Absorber for Solar Cell Application

D Naveena, L Thirumalaisamy… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we achieve the preparation of nontoxic and earth-abundant chalcopyrite
quaternary compound CuAl (1–X) Fe X S2 thin films by substituting Al with Fe atoms for …

Engineering of sub-band in CuGaS2 thin films via Mo doping by chemical spray pyrolysis route

L Thirumalaisamy, N Ahsan, K Sivaperuman, M Kim… - Thin Solid Films, 2020 - Elsevier
High quality undoped and molybdenum (Mo) doped CuGaS 2 (CGS) crystalline thin films
were deposited using in-house chemical spray pyrolysis thin film deposition unit. To improve …

The upsurge of absorption coefficient in CuInS2 thin film with Ru doping: an energetic absorber layer in a superstrate solar cell

L Thirumalaisamy, S Palanivel, K Jeyakumar… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a clear increase in electrical mobility and absorption coefficient has been
demonstrated in spray pyrolysis-deposited CuInS 2 (CIS) thin films by ruthenium (Ru) …

Branched ZnFe2O4 nanorods grown via chemical spray pyrolysis technique for chemiresistive xylene gas sensor

T Ravikumar, K Sivaperuman - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we used a chemical spray pyrolysis technique to deposit zinc ferrite (ZF) thin
films at different substrate temperatures to study xylene (C 8 H 10) gas sensing properties …

Scrutinizing the effect of substrate temperature and enhancing the multifunctional attributes of spray deposited copper gallium sulfide (CuGaS2) thin films

K Vijayan, SP Vijayachamundeeswari - Phase Transitions, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polycrystalline chalcopyrite CuGaS2 thin films were prepared using a spray pyrolysis route
has been considered a potential material for the solar cell absorber layer. Scanning Electron …

Effect of Ni doping on optical, structural, and morphological properties of ZnO thin films synthesized by MSILAR: Experimental and DFT study

I Benaicha, J Mhalla, A Raidou, A Qachaou… - Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study the thin films of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) and Nickel (Ni) doped ZnO were successfully
synthesized by the simple modified successive ion layer adsorption and reaction method …

Nonthermal plasma sulfurized CuInS2/S-doped MgO nanosheets for efficient solar-light photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline

X Zheng, Y Gou, H Peng, Y Mao, J Wen - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
To enhance the adsorption-photocatalytic capacity of tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) under
solar light irradiation, ultrafine CuInS 2 nanoparticles of 5 nm modified MgO with S doping …