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Dastan D, Mohammed MKA, Sh Alnayli R, M Majeed S, Ahmed DS, Al-Mousoi AK, Pandey R, Hossain MK, Bhattarai S, Al-Asbahi BA, Rahman MF. Achieving Well-Oriented FAPbI 3 Perovskite Photovoltaics by Cyclohexane Modification. Langmuir 2024; 40:7560-7568. [PMID: 38553424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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It is essential and challenging to develop green and cost-effective solar cells to meet the energy demands. Solar cells with a perovskite light-harvesting layer are the most promising technology to propel the world toward next-generation solar energy. Formamidinium lead tri-iodide (FAPbI3)-based perovskite solar cells (F-PSCs), with their considerable performance, offer cost-effective solar cells. One of the major issues that the PSC community is now experiencing is the stability of α-FAPbI3 at relatively low temperatures. In this study, we fabricated FAPbI3-PSCs using cyclohexane (CHX) material via a two-step deposition method. For this purpose, CHX is added to the formamidinium iodide:methylammonium chloride (FAI:MACl) solution as an additive and used to form a better FAPbI3 layer by controlling the reaction between FAI and lead iodide (PbI2). The CHX additive induces the reaction of undercoordinated Pb2+ with FAI material and produces an α-FAPbI3 layer with low charge traps and large domains. In addition, the CHX-containing FAPbI3 layers show higher carrier lifetimes and facilitate carrier transfer in F-PSCs. The CHX-modified F-PSCs yield a high champion efficiency of 22.84% with improved ambient and thermal stability behavior. This breakthrough provides valuable findings regarding the formation of a desirable FAPbI3 layer for photovoltaic applications and holds promise for the industrialization of F-PSCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Davoud Dastan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- Radiological Techniques Department, College of Health and Medical Techniques, Al-Mustaqbal University, Hillah 51001, Iraq
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- Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
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- Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab 140401, India
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 792103, India
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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Jansi R, Vinay B, Revathy MS, Sasikumar P, Marasamy L, Janani A, Haldhar R, Kim SC, Almarhoon ZM, Hossain MK. Synergistic Blends of Sodium Alginate and Pectin Biopolymer Hosts as Conducting Electrolytes for Electrochemical Applications. ACS Omega 2024; 9:13906-13916. [PMID: 38559920 PMCID: PMC10975598 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The world needs sustainable energy resources with affordable, economic, and accountable sources. Consequently, energy innovation technologies are evolving toward electrochemical applications like batteries, supercapacitors, etc. The current study involves the solid blend biopolymer electrolyte (SBBE) with different compositions of sodium alginate blended with pectin via the casting technique. The characterization of the sample was tested by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, AC impedance, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and cyclic voltammetry (CV) analyses. Evidently, the sample NP4 (NaAlg/pectin = 60:40 wt %) has a higher conductivity of 1.26 × 10-7 and 3.25 × 10-6 S cm-1 at 303 and 353 K, respectively. The performances of the samples were analyzed with variations in temperature, frequency, and time responses to signify the blended nature of the electrolyte. Hence, the studied biopolymers can be constructed for electrochemical device applications.
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- R. Jansi
- Department
of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar 626126, Tamil Nadu, India
- Multifunctional
Materials Laboratory, International Research Centre, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar 626126, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, School of Bio, Chemical and Processing Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar 626126 Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar 626126, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department
of Physics, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai 602105, India
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- Facultad
de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro C.P.76010, Mexico
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, School of Bio, Chemical and Processing Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar 626126 Tamil Nadu, India
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- School
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Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- School
of
Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud
University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute
of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
- Department
of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Chitkara M, Goyal N, Kumar A, Marasamy L, Haq S, Aldossari SA, Haldhar R, Hossain MK. Tailoring graphene-oxide and reduced-graphene-oxide with NaNO 3 and CaCl 2 catalysts with enhanced photo-catalytic degradation of methylene blue dye. RSC Adv 2024; 14:8769-8778. [PMID: 38495998 PMCID: PMC10938558 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra08256c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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This study employed various experimental techniques to produce graphene oxide (GO) under different conditions, such as the inclusion or exclusion of NaNO3, and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) with or without the catalyst CaCl2. The procedure of decreasing RGO was carried out using the reducing agent NaBH4. Moreover, the prepared mixtures were utilized in the degradation process of methylene blue (MB) dye using photo-catalysis, with exposure to both ultraviolet (UV) light and sunlight. When exposed to UV and sunlight irradiation, WN-GO showed rapid and ecologically friendly breakdown of MB dye in comparison to N-GO. WN-GO exhibited exceptional adsorption capabilities, surpassing other tested materials like N-GO, WN-C-RGO and C-RGO. Although WN-C-RGO has demonstrated satisfactory performance in terms of photo-catalytic degradation, as the concentration-time graph of the MB dye revealed significant degradation, with a reduction of up to 90% and 62.5% under UV light and sunlight exposure, respectively. These results offer insightful information on the potential of graphene-based materials to address other environmental issues, particularly in the areas of water treatment.
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- Mansi Chitkara
- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary 2500 University Dr NW T2N 1N4 Calgary Canada
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro C.P.76010 Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad 13100 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University Gyeongsan 38541 Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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Hossain KM, Rubel MHK, Hossain MK, Ishraque Toki GF, Marasamy L, Haldhar R, Ali MH, Baruah S, A. Alothman A, Mohammad S. Hydrothermal Synthesis, Phase Analysis, and Magneto-Electronic Characterizations of Lead-Free Ferroelectric BM 2+(Zn, Ca, Mg)T-BFO System. ACS Omega 2024; 9:9147-9160. [PMID: 38434879 PMCID: PMC10905731 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c08072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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In this study, lead-free BiM2+(Zn, Ca, Mg)Ti-BiFeO3 ceramics are fabricated under eco-friendly hydrothermal reaction conditions at 250 °C. XRD patterns show that all the synthesized compounds exhibit a phase coexistence of monoclinic and tetragonal perovskite-type structures with a morphotropic phase boundary at x = 0.4, with minimum impurity. The calculated average crystallite/grain size of the samples was close to 50 nm at full width at half-maximum of the main peak. The corresponding bonds of the constituent elements were observed by FTIR analysis, which further supports the formation of the local structure. EDS analyses detect all of the elements, their quantities, and compositional homogeneity. SEM data show agglomerated and nearly spherical morphology with an average particle size of about 128 nm. All synthesized ceramic powders revealed thermal stability with trivial mass loss up to investigated high temperatures (1000 οC). The dielectric constant reached its maximum at 38.7 MHz and finally remained constant after 80 MHz for all nanoceramics. Because of the complementary impact of different compositions, the most effective piezoelectric characteristics of d33 = 136 pCN-1, Pr = 8.6 pCN-1 cm-2, and kp = 11% at 30 °C were attained at x = 0.4 content for 0.4BiCaTi-0.6BiFeO3 ceramic. The measured magnetic hysteresis data (M-H curve) showed a weak ferromagnetic nature with the highest moment of ∼0.23 emu/g for 0.4BiCaTi-0.6BiFeO3, and other samples exhibited negligible ferromagnetic to diamagnetic transition. The optical response study shows that the 0.4BiMgTi-0.6BiFeO3 sample yielded the maximal transmittance (50%), whereas the 0.4BiCaTi-0.6BiFeO3 compound exhibited the highest refractive index. The calculated large band gap shows a high insulating or dielectric nature. Our findings demonstrate that the BiM2+Ti-BiFeO3 system, which was fabricated using a low-temperature hydrothermal technique, is an excellent lead-free piezoelectric and multiferroic nanoceramic.
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- K. Monower Hossain
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Institute
of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
- Department
of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- College
of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua
University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Facultad
de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro C.P.76010, Mexico
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- School of
Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department
of ECE, Madanapalle Institute of Technology
& Science, Madanapalle 517325, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud
University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud
University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Marasamy L, Rasu Chettiar AD, Manisekaran R, Linda E, Rahman MF, Hossain MK, Pérez García CE, Santos-Cruz J, Subramaniam V, de Moure Flores F. Impact of selenization with NaCl treatment on the physical properties and solar cell performance of crack-free Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 microcrystal absorbers. RSC Adv 2024; 14:4436-4447. [PMID: 38312721 PMCID: PMC10835762 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra05829h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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In this study, we developed an ink using hexanethiol and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 microcrystals (CIGSe MCs) to make thin films via doctor blade coating. Besides, crack-free thin films were obtained by optimizing CIGSe MC powder concentration and annealing temperature. Subsequently, single-step selenization was performed with and without sodium chloride (NaCl) surface treatment by carefully tuning the temperature. A crack-free surface with densely packed grains was obtained at 500 °C after NaCl treatment. Moreover, the structural parameters of the thin film (annealed at 350 °C) were significantly modified via selenization with NaCl at 500 °C. For instance, the FWHM of the prominent (112) plane reduced from 1.44° to 0.47°, the dislocation density minimized from 13.10 to 1.40 × 1015 lines per m2, and the microstrain decreased from 4.14 to 1.35 × 10-3. Remarkably, these thin films exhibited a high mobility of 26.7 cm2 V-1 s-1 and a low resistivity of 0.03 Ω cm. As a proof of concept, solar cells were engineered with a device structure of SLG/Mo/CIGSe/CdS/i-ZnO/Al-ZnO/Ag, wherein a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.74% was achieved with exceptional reproducibility. Consequently, the outcomes of this investigation revealed the impact of selenization temperature and NaCl treatment on the physical properties and PCE of hexanethiol-based crack-free CIGSe MC ink-coated absorbers, providing new insights into the groundwork of cost-effective solar cells.
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- Latha Marasamy
- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro C.P. 76010 Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro C.P. 76010 Mexico
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- Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (LII), Nanostructures and Biomaterials Area, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Predio el Saucillo y el Potrero Comunidad de los Tepetates León C.P. 37684 Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro C.P. 76010 Mexico
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro C.P. 76010 Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro C.P. 76010 Mexico
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- J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University Texas 77843 USA
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro C.P. 76010 Mexico
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Mohammed MKA, Al-Gazally ME, Khaleel OA, Al-Mousoi AK, Jeddoa ZMA, Majdi HS, Jabir MS, Hossain MK, Hatshan MR, Rahman MF, Dastan D. Improved eco-friendly CsSn 0.5Ge 0.5I 3 perovskite photovoltaic efficiency beyond 20% with SMe-TATPyr hole-transporting layer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:3229-3239. [PMID: 38193862 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05445d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Perovskites composed of inorganic cesium (Cs) halide provide a route to thermally resistant solar cells. Nevertheless, the use of hole-transporting layers (HTLs) with hydrophobic additives is constrained by moisture-induced phase deterioration. Due to significant electrical loss, dopant-free HTLs are unable to produce practical solar cells. In this article, we designed a two-dimensional 1,3,6,8-tetrakis[5-(N,N-di(p-(methylthio)phenyl)amino-p-phenyl)-thiophen-2-yl]pyrene (termed SMe-TATPyr) molecule as a new HTL to regulate electrical loss in lead-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We optimized the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSCs based on mixed tin (Sn)/germanium (Ge) halide perovskite (CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3) by exploring different factors, such as the deep and shallow levels of defects, density of states at the valence band (NV), thickness of the perovskite film, p-type doping concentration (NA) of HTL, the series and shunt resistances, and so on. We carried out comparative research by employing the 1D-SCAPS (a solar cell capacitance simulator) analysis tool. Through optimization of the PSC, we obtained the highest parameters in the simulated solar cell structure of fluorine tin oxide (FTO)/titanium dioxide (TiO2)/CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3/SMe-TATPyr/gold (Au), and the PCE reached up to 20% with a fill factor (FF) of 81.89%.
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- Mustafa K A Mohammed
- College of Remote Sensing and Geophysics, Al-Karkh University of Science, Baghdad 10011, Iraq.
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Industries, Al-Mustaqbal University, Babylon 51001, Iraq
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- Applied Science Department, University of Technology-Iraq, 10011 Baghdad, Iraq
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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Arockiya Dass KT, Hossain MK, Marasamy L. Highly efficient emerging Ag 2BaTiSe 4 solar cells using a new class of alkaline earth metal-based chalcogenide buffers alternative to CdS. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1473. [PMID: 38233504 PMCID: PMC10794422 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51711-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 is a non-toxic, earth-abundant photovoltaic absorber. However, its efficiency is limited by a large open circuit voltage (VOC) deficit occurring due to its antisite defects and improper band alignment with toxic CdS buffer. Therefore, finding an absorber and non-toxic buffers that reduce VOC deficit is crucial. Herein, for the first time, Ag2BaTiSe4 is proposed as an alternative absorber using SCAPS-1D wherein a new class of alkaline earth metal chalcogenide such as MgS, CaS, SrS, and BaS is applied as buffers, and their characteristics are compared with CdS to identify their potential and suitability. The buffer and absorber properties are elucidated by tuning their thickness, carrier concentration, and defect density. Interestingly, optimization of the buffer's carrier concentration suppressed the barrier height and accumulation of charge carriers at the absorber/buffer interface, leading to efficiencies of 18.81%, 17.17%, 20.6%, 20.85%, 20.08% in MgS, CaS, SrS, BaS, and CdS-based solar cells respectively. Upon optimizing Ag2BaTiSe4, MoSe2, and interface defects maximum efficiency of > 28% is achieved with less VOC loss (~ 0.3 V) in all solar cells at absorber's thickness, carrier concentration, and defect density of 1 µm, 1018 cm-3, 1015 cm-3 respectively, underscoring the promising nature of Ag2BaTiSe4 absorber and new alkaline earth metal chalcogenide buffers in photovoltaics.
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- Kaviya Tracy Arockiya Dass
- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, QRO, México
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Facultad de Química, Materiales-Energía, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, QRO, México.
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Bhattarai S, Hossain MK, Pandey R, Madan J, Samajdar D, Chowdhury M, Rahman MF, Ansari MZ, Albaqami MD. Enhancement of efficiency in CsSnI 3 based perovskite solar cell by numerical modeling of graphene oxide as HTL and ZnMgO as ETL. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24107. [PMID: 38226290 PMCID: PMC10788808 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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Perovskite photovoltaics have an immense contribution toward the all-round development of the solar cell. Apart from the flexibility, stability, and high efficiency, more stress has been given to using lead-free as well as eco-friendly, inexpensive materials in the fabrication of PSC devices. The utilization of non-volatile material, such as cesium tin iodide (CsSnI3), can be proposed for designing the PSC device, which not only makes it eco-friendly but also offers better optoelectronic characteristics due to its smaller bandgap of 1.27 eV. The inclusion of Sn in the perovskite material also functions as an increment in the stability of the perovskite. In the present simulation, CsSnI3 is used as an active absorber layer while the ZnMgO is used as an ETL for a cost-effective nature. Similarly, graphene oxide (GO) is used as HTL for a superior collection of holes. The comprehensive numerical modeling of the ZnMgO can be utilized in solar cell designing with appropriate CsSnI3 thickness, working temperature, total defectivity, and resistance impact, respectively. The presently simulated device offers an excellent efficiency of 17.37 % with CsSnI3-based PSC. These results of the study also show an effective route to develop highly efficient lead-free PSC devices.
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- Sagar Bhattarai
- Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Department of ECE, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Madhya Pradesh, 482005, India
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongbuk, 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Rahman MF, Hasan MK, Chowdhury M, Islam MR, Rahman MH, Rahman MA, Al Ahmed SR, Ismail ABM, Amami M, Hossain MK, Al-Hazmi GA. A qualitative Design and optimization of CIGS-based Solar Cells with Sn 2S 3 Back Surface Field: A plan for achieving 21.83 % efficiency. Heliyon 2023; 9:e22866. [PMID: 38125486 PMCID: PMC10730753 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Conventional Copper Indium Gallium Di Selenide (CIGS)-based solar cells are more efficient than second-generation technology based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) or cadmium telluride (CdTe). So, herein the photovoltaic (PV) performance of CIGS-based solar cells has been investigated numerically using SCAPS-1D solar simulator with different buffer layer and less expensive tin sulfide (Sn2S3) back-surface field (BSF). At first, three buffer layer such as cadmium sulfide (CdS), zinc selenide (ZnSe) and indium-doped zinc sulfide ZnS:In have been simulated with CIGS absorber without BSF due to optimized and non-toxic buffer. Then the optimized structure of Al/FTO/ZnS:In/CIGS/Ni is modified to become Al/FTO/ZnS:In/CIGS/Sn2S3/Ni by adding a Sn2S3 BSF to enhanced efficiency. The detailed analysis have been investigated is the influence of physical properties of each absorber and buffer on photovoltaic parameters including layer thickness, carrier doping concentration, bulk defect density, interface defect density. This study emphasizes investigating the reasons for the actual devices' poor performance and illustrates how each device's might vary open-circuit voltage (VOC), short-circuit current density (JSC), fill factor (FF), power conversion efficiency (PCE), and quantum efficiency (QE). The optimized structure offers outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.83 % with only 0.80 μm thick CIGS absorber. The proposed CIGS-based solar cell performs better than the previously reported conventional designs while also reducing CIGS thickness and cost.
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- Md. Ferdous Rahman
- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
- Solar Energy Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University, Jamalpur, 2012, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, 6600, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, 6600, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, 6600, Bangladesh
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- Solar Energy Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Bhattarai S, Borah D, Rout J, Pandey R, Madan J, Hossain I, Handique P, Ansari MZ, Hossain MK, Rahman MF. Designing an efficient lead-free perovskite solar cell with green-synthesized CuCrO 2 and CeO 2 as carrier transport materials. RSC Adv 2023; 13:34693-34702. [PMID: 38035252 PMCID: PMC10683047 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06722j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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With increased efficiency, simplicity in manufacturing, adaptability, and flexibility, solar cells constructed from organic metal halide perovskite (PVK) have recently attained great eminence. Lead, a poisonous substance, present in a conventional PVK impacts the environment and prevents commercialization. To deal with this issue, a number of toxicity-free PVK-constructed solar cells have been suggested. Nevertheless, inherent losses mean the efficiency conversion accomplished from these devices is inadequate. Therefore, a thorough theoretical investigation is indispensable for comprehending the losses to improve efficiency. The findings of a unique modelling method for organic lead-free solar cells, namely methylammonium tin iodide (MASnI3), are investigated to reach the maximum practical efficiencies. The layer pertinent to MASnI3 was constructed as a sandwich between a bio-synthesized electron transport layer (ETL) of CeO2 and a hole transport layer (HTL) of CuCrO2 in the designed perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this study, the use of algae-synthesized Au in the back contacts has been proposed. To obtain the maximum performance, the devices are further analyzed and optimized for active layer thickness, working temperature, total and interface defect density analysis, impedance analysis (Z'-Z), and capacitance-voltage (C-V), respectively. An optimal conversion efficiency of 26.60% has been attained for an MASnI3-constructed PSC. The study findings may open the door to a lead-free PSC through improved conversion efficiencies.
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- Sagar Bhattarai
- Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039 Assam India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Arunachal University of Studies Namsai 792103 Arunachal Pradesh India
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University Silchar 780011 Assam India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab India
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- School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg 620000 Russia
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- Department of Mathematics, Arunachal University of Studies Namsai 792103 Arunachal Pradesh India
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yeungnam University 280 Daehak-Ro Gyeongsan Gyeongbuk 38541 Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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Mammeri M, Dehimi L, Bencherif H, Amami M, Ezzine S, Pandey R, Hossain MK. Targeting high performance of perovskite solar cells by combining electronic, manufacturing and environmental features in machine learning techniques. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21498. [PMID: 37964826 PMCID: PMC10641223 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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This study employs Machine Learning (ML) techniques to optimize the performance of Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) by identifying the ideal materials and properties for high Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE). Utilizing a dataset of 3000 PSC samples from previous experiments, the Random Forest (RF) technique classifies and predicts PCE as the target variable. The dataset includes various features encompassing cell architecture, substrate materials, electron transport layer (ETL) attributes, perovskite characteristics, hole transport layer (HTL) properties, back contact specifics, and encapsulation materials. ML-driven analysis reveals novel, highly efficient PSC configurations, such as Fe2O3/CsPbBrI2/NiO-mp/Carbon, CdS/FAMAPbI3/NiO-C/Au, and PCBM-60/Phen-NaDPO/MAPbI3/asy-PBTBDT/Ag. Additionally, the study investigates the impact of crucial parameters like perovskite bandgap, ETL thickness, thermal annealing temperature, and back contact thickness on device performance. The predictive model exhibits high accuracy (86.4 % R2) and low mean square error (1.3 MSE). Notably, the ML-recommended structure, SnO2/CsFAMAPbBrI/Spiro-OmeTAD/Au, achieves an impressive efficiency of around 23 %. Beyond performance improvements, the research explores the integration of ML into the manufacturing and quality control processes of PSCs. These findings hold promise for enhancing conversion yields, reducing defects, and ensuring consistent PSC performance, contributing to the advancement of this renewable energy technology.
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- M. Mammeri
- LEPCM, Faculty of Science, University of Batna 1, Algeria
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- LEPCM, Faculty of Science, University of Batna 1, Algeria
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- LEREESI, HNS-RE2SD, Higher National School of Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, Batna, 05078, Algeria
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Chandigarh, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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Barman P, Rahman MF, Islam MR, Hasan M, Chowdhury M, Hossain MK, Modak JK, Ezzine S, Amami M. Lead-free novel perovskite Ba 3AsI 3: First-principles insights into its electrical, optical, and mechanical properties. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21675. [PMID: 38027926 PMCID: PMC10661203 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Lead-free halide perovskites are a crucial family of materials in the fabrication of solar cells. At present, Solar cells are facing several challenges such as mechanical and thermodynamic instability, toxicity, unsuitable optical parameters, bandgap, and absorption coefficient. Ba3AsI3 is a halide perovskite which has demonstrated good efficiency and tremendous promise for usage in solar cell applications, and it offers a possible solution to these issues. In this study, the properties of the Ba3AsI3 perovskite solar cell were investigated using first-principles density functional theory (FP-DFT) calculations with the CASTEP (Cambridge serial total energy package) formulation. Most of its physical qualities, including its elasticity, electrical composition, bonding, optoelectronic characteristics, and optical characteristics have not yet been explored. In this work, these unexplored properties have been thoroughly investigated using density functional theory-based computations. The Born-Huang criterion and phonon dispersion characteristics have revealed that the material is mechanically stable. The bonding nature has been investigated using the density of states curves, Mulliken population analysis, and electronic charge density. Additionally, different elastic parameters demonstrate that Ba3AsI3 has reasonably high machinability and is mechanically isotropic. ELATE's three-dimensional visualization and optical properties also show isotropic behavior in all directions. The band structure shows that the bandgap is direct. Based on its direct bandgap, stability, large range of absorption coefficient, and suitable optical parameters, Ba3AsI3 is recommended as an absorber layer for solar cell fabrication in a near future.
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- Pobitra Barman
- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University, Jamalpur, 2012, Bangladesh
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- General Education Department, City University, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technological University, Gopalgonj, 8100, Bangladesh
- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Reza MS, Rahman MF, Kuddus A, Mohammed MKA, Al-Mousoi AK, Islam MR, Ghosh A, Bhattarai S, Pandey R, Madan J, Hossain MK. Boosting efficiency above 28% using effective charge transport layer with Sr 3SbI 3 based novel inorganic perovskite. RSC Adv 2023; 13:31330-31345. [PMID: 37908652 PMCID: PMC10614754 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06137j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Strontium antimony iodide (Sr3SbI3) is one of the emerging absorbers materials owing to its intriguing structural, electronic, and optical properties for efficient and cost-effective solar cell applications. A comprehensive investigation on the structural, optical, and electronic characterization of Sr3SbI3 and its subsequent applications in heterostructure solar cells have been studied theoretically. Initially, the optoelectronic parameters of the novel Sr3SbI3 absorber, and the possible electron transport layer (ETL) of tin sulfide (SnS2), zinc sulfide (ZnS), and indium sulfide (In2S3) including various interface layers were obtained by DFT study. Afterward, the photovoltaic (PV) performance of Sr3SbI3 absorber-based cell structures with SnS2, ZnS, and In2S3 as ETLs were systematically investigated at varying layer thickness, defect density bulk, doping density, interface density of active materials including working temperature, and thereby, optimized PV parameters were achieved using SCAPS-1D simulator. Additionally, the quantum efficiency (QE), current density-voltage (J-V), and generation and recombination rates of photocarriers were determined. The maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 28.05% with JSC of 34.67 mA cm-2, FF of 87.31%, VOC of 0.93 V for SnS2 ETL was obtained with Al/FTO/SnS2/Sr3SbI3/Ni structure, while the PCE of 24.33%, and 18.40% in ZnS and In2S3 ETLs heterostructures, respectively. The findings of this study contribute to in-depth understanding of the physical, electronic, and optical properties of Sr3SbI3 absorber perovskite and SnS2, ZnS, and In2S3 ETLs. Additionally, it provides valuable insights into the potential of Sr3SbI3 in heterostructure perovskite solar cells (PSCs), paving the pathway for further experimental design of an efficient and stable PSC devices.
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- Md Shamim Reza
- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Iraqia University Baghdad 10011 Iraq
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University Jamalpur 2012 Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039 Assam India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Rajpura 140401 Punjab India
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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Bhattarai S, Pandey R, Madan J, Tayeng S, Kalita PK, Ansari MZ, Ben Farhat L, Amami M, Hossain MK. Comparative study of distinct halide composites for highly efficient perovskite solar cells using a SCAPS-1D simulator. RSC Adv 2023; 13:26851-26860. [PMID: 37692356 PMCID: PMC10484294 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra04134d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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This research investigates the influence of halide-based methylammonium-based perovskites as the active absorber layer (PAL) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Using SCAPS-1D simulation software, the study optimizes PSC performance by analyzing PAL thickness, temperature, and defect density impact on output parameters. PAL thickness analysis reveals that increasing thickness enhances JSC for MAPbI3 and MAPbI2Br, while that of MAPbBr3 remains steady. VOC remains constant, and FF and PCE vary with thickness. MAPbI2Br exhibits the highest efficiency of 22.05% at 1.2 μm thickness. Temperature impact analysis shows JSC, VOC, FF, and PCE decrease with rising temperature. MAPbI2Br-based PSC achieves the highest efficiency of 22.05% at 300 K. Contour plots demonstrate that optimal PAL thickness for the MAPbI2Br-based PSC is 1.2 μm with a defect density of 1 × 1013 cm-3, resulting in a PCE of approximately 22.05%. Impedance analysis shows the MAPbBr3-based PSC has the highest impedance, followed by Cl2Br-based and I-based perovskite materials. A comparison of QE and J-V characteristics indicates MAPbI2Br offers the best combination of VOC and JSC, resulting in superior efficiency. Overall, this study enhances PSC performance with MAPbI2Br-based devices, achieving an improved power conversion efficiency of 22.05%. These findings contribute to developing more efficient perovskite solar cells using distinct halide-based perovskite materials.
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- Sagar Bhattarai
- Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039 Assam India
- Department of Physics, Arunachal University of Studies Namsai Arunachal Pradesh 792103 India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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- Department of Physics, Arunachal University of Studies Namsai Arunachal Pradesh 792103 India
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- Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh 791112 India
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yeungnam University Gyeongbuk 38541 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University P.O. Box 9004 Abha Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University P.O. Box 9004 Abha Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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Sanyal Dipto A, Mondal L, Hossain J, Rashid MM, Hossain MK, Roy NC, Rashid Talukder M. Synthesis of Transparent CuI Thin Films by a Facile Low-Cost High Pressure (HP)-PECVD Method at Room Temperature for the Application in Solar Cells. ChemistryOpen 2023; 12:e202300067. [PMID: 37699775 PMCID: PMC10497402 DOI: 10.1002/open.202300067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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Copper iodide (CuI) thin films were prepared on a glass substrate by a facile high pressure (HP)-PECVD method at room temperature. For this, CuI powder was dissolved in CH3 CN. The CuI vapor with plasma was investigated by Optical Emission Spectroscopic (OES) data for identifying the species in the plasma. The XRD study reveals the polycrystalline nature of the films. The SEM analyses indicate the homogeneity of the films. The EDS mapping confirms that the thin films mostly consisted of carbon followed by nitrogen, copper and iodine, respectively. The band gaps of CuI thin films were in the range of ~2.71-3.14 eV. The high transmittance and band gap engineering in HP-PECVD-synthesized CuI thin films indicates their potential use as window and hole transport layers in low cost solar cells.
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- Arindam Sanyal Dipto
- Plasma Science and Technology LabDepartment of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringUniversity of RajshahiRajshahi6205Bangladesh
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- Plasma Science and Technology LabDepartment of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringUniversity of RajshahiRajshahi6205Bangladesh
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- Plasma-processed Functional Materials LaboratoryDepartment of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringUniversity of RajshahiRajshahi6205Bangladesh
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- Plasma Science and Technology LabDepartment of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringUniversity of RajshahiRajshahi6205Bangladesh
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- Atomic Energy Research EstablishmentBangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka1349Bangladesh
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- Chimie des Interactions Plasma-Surface (ChIPS)CIRMAP, Université de Mons23 Place du Parc7000MonsBelgium
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- Plasma Science and Technology LabDepartment of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringUniversity of RajshahiRajshahi6205Bangladesh
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Hossain MK, Uddin MS, Toki GFI, Mohammed MKA, Pandey R, Madan J, Rahman MF, Islam MR, Bhattarai S, Bencherif H, Samajdar DP, Amami M, Dwivedi DK. Achieving above 24% efficiency with non-toxic CsSnI 3 perovskite solar cells by harnessing the potential of the absorber and charge transport layers. RSC Adv 2023; 13:23514-23537. [PMID: 37546214 PMCID: PMC10402874 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02910g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Lead toxicity is a barrier to the widespread commercial manufacture of lead halide perovskites and their use in solar photovoltaic (PV) devices. Eco-friendly lead-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been developed using certain unique non- or low-toxic perovskite materials. In this context, Sn-based perovskites have been identified as promising substitutes for Pb-based perovskites due to their similar characteristics. However, Sn-based perovskites suffer from chemical instability, which affects their performance in PSCs. This study employs theoretical simulations to identify ways to improve the efficiency of Sn-based PSCs. The simulations were conducted using the SCAPS-1D software, and a lead-free, non-toxic, and inorganic perovskite absorber layer (PAL), i.e. CsSnI3 was used in the PSC design. The properties of the hole transport layer (HTL) and electron transport layer (ETL) were tuned to optimize the performance of the device. Apart from this, seven different combinations of HTLs were studied, and the best-performing combination was found to be ITO/PCBM/CsSnI3/CFTS/Se, which achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 24.73%, an open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.872 V, a short-circuit current density (JSC) of 33.99 mA cm-2 and a fill factor (FF) of 83.46%. The second highest PCE of 18.41% was achieved by the ITO/PCBM/CsSnI3/CuSCN/Se structure. In addition to optimizing the structure of the PSC, this study also analyzes the current density-voltage (J-V) along with quantum efficiency (QE), as well as the impact of series resistance, shunt resistance, and working temperature, on PV performance. The results demonstrate the potential of the optimized structure identified in this study to enhance the standard PCE of PSCs. Overall, this study provides important insights into the development of lead-free absorber materials and highlights the potential of using CsSnI3 as the PAL in PSCs. The optimized structure identified in this study can be used as a base for further research to improve the efficiency of Sn-based PSCs.
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- M Khalid Hossain
- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University Kushtia 7000 Bangladesh
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 China
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University Jamalpur 2012 Bangladesh
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- Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039 Assam India
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- LEREESI, Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development Batna 05078 Algeria
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- Dept. of ECE, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Madhya Pradesh 482005 India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University P.O. Box 9004 Abha Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics and Material Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur 273010 U.P. India
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Ghosh A, Rahman MF, Islam MR, Islam MS, Amami M, Hossain MK, Md Ismail AB. Inorganic novel cubic halide perovskite Sr 3AsI 3: Strain-activated electronic and optical properties. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19271. [PMID: 37654463 PMCID: PMC10465963 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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In recent years, inorganic perovskite materials have attracted a lot of attention in the field of solar technology due to their exceptional structural, optical, and electronic properties. This study thoroughly investigated, using first-principles density-functional theory (FP-DFT), the impact of compressive and tensile strain on the structural, optical, and electrical properties of the inorganic cubic perovskite Sr3AsI3. The unstrained planar Sr3AsI3 molecule exhibits a direct bandgap of 1.265 eV value at Γ point. The bandgap of the Sr3AsI3 perovskite is lowered to 1.212 eV when the relativistic spin-orbital coupling (SOC) effect is subjected in the observations. In addition, the structure's bandgap exhibits a falling prevalence due to compressive strain and a slight rise due to tensile strain. The optical indicators such as dielectric functions, absorption coefficient, reflectivity, and electron loss function show that this component has a great ability to absorb in the visible range in accordance with band characteristics. When compressive strain is raised, it is discovered that the spikes of the dielectric constant of Sr3AsI3 move to lower photon energy (redshift), and conversely, while growing tensile strain, it exhibits increased photon energy changing behavior (blueshift). As a result, the Sr3AsI3 perovskite is regarded as being ideal for use in solar cells for the production of electricity and light management.
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- Avijit Ghosh
- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
- Solar Energy Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University, Jamalpur-2012, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Solar Energy Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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Hossain MK, Bhattarai S, Arnab AA, Mohammed MKA, Pandey R, Ali MH, Rahman MF, Islam MR, Samajdar DP, Madan J, Bencherif H, Dwivedi DK, Amami M. Harnessing the potential of CsPbBr 3-based perovskite solar cells using efficient charge transport materials and global optimization. RSC Adv 2023; 13:21044-21062. [PMID: 37448634 PMCID: PMC10336477 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02485g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have become a possible alternative to traditional photovoltaic devices for their high performance, low cost, and ease of fabrication. Here in this study, the SCAPS-1D simulator numerically simulates and optimizes CsPbBr3-based PSCs under the optimum illumination situation. We explore the impact of different back metal contacts (BMCs), including Cu, Ag, Fe, C, Au, W, Pt, Se, Ni, and Pd combined with the TiO2 electron transport layer (ETL) and CFTS hole transport layer (HTL), on the performance of the devices. After optimization, the ITO/TiO2/CsPbBr3/CFTS/Ni structure showed a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE or η) of 13.86%, with Ni as a more cost-effective alternative to Au. After the optimization of the BMC the rest of the investigation is conducted both with and without HTL mode. We investigate the impact of changing the thickness and the comparison with acceptor and defect densities (with and without HTL) of the CsPbBr3 perovskite absorber layer on the PSC performance. Finally, we optimized the thickness, charge carrier densities, and defect densities of the absorber, ETL, and HTL, along with the interfacial defect densities at HTL/absorber and absorber/ETL interfaces to improve the PCE of the device; and the effect of variation of these parameters is also investigated both with and without HTL connected. The final optimized configuration achieved a VOC of 0.87 V, JSC of 27.57 mA cm-2, FF of 85.93%, and PCE of 20.73%. To further investigate the performance of the optimized device, we explore the impact of the temperature, shunt resistance, series resistance, capacitance, generation rate, recombination rate, Mott-Schottky, JV, and QE features of both with and without HTL connected. The optimized device offers the best thermal stability at a temperature of 300 K. Our study highlights the potential of CsPbBr3-based PSCs and provides valuable insights for their optimization and future development.
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- M Khalid Hossain
- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Arunachal University of Studies Namsai 792103 Arunachal Pradesh India
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- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Dhaka 1208 Bangladesh
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University Jamalpur 2012 Bangladesh
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- Department of ECE, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Madhya Pradesh 482005 India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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- LEREESI, Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development Batna 05078 Algeria
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- Department of Physics and Material Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur-273010 U.P. India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Khalid University P.O. Box 9004 Abha Saudi Arabia
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Hossain MK, Toki GFI, Samajdar DP, Mushtaq M, Rubel MHK, Pandey R, Madan J, Mohammed MKA, Islam MR, Rahman MF, Bencherif H. Deep Insights into the Coupled Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Analysis of Lead-Free CsSnI 3 Perovskite-Based Solar Cell Using DFT Calculations and SCAPS-1D Simulations. ACS Omega 2023; 8:22466-22485. [PMID: 37396227 PMCID: PMC10308408 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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CsSnI3 is considered to be a viable alternative to lead (Pb)-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to its suitable optoelectronic properties. The photovoltaic (PV) potential of CsSnI3 has not yet been fully explored due to its inherent difficulties in realizing defect-free device construction owing to the nonoptimized alignment of the electron transport layer (ETL), hole transport layer (HTL), efficient device architecture, and stability issues. In this work, initially, the structural, optical, and electronic properties of the CsSnI3 perovskite absorber layer were evaluated using the CASTEP program within the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) approach. The band structure analysis revealed that CsSnI3 is a direct band gap semiconductor with a band gap of 0.95 eV, whose band edges are dominated by Sn 5s/5p electrons After performing the DFT analysis, we investigated the PV performance of a variety of CsSnI3-based solar cell configurations utilizing a one-dimensional solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) with different competent ETLs such as IGZO, WS2, CeO2, TiO2, ZnO, PCBM, and C60. Simulation results revealed that the device architecture comprising ITO/ETL/CsSnI3/CuI/Au exhibited better photoconversion efficiency among more than 70 different configurations. The effect of the variation in the absorber, ETL, and HTL thickness on PV performance was analyzed for the above-mentioned configuration thoroughly. Additionally, the impact of series and shunt resistance, operating temperature, capacitance, Mott-Schottky, generation, and recombination rate on the six superior configurations were evaluated. The J-V characteristics and the quantum efficiency plots for these devices are systematically investigated for in-depth analysis. Consequently, this extensive simulation with validation results established the true potential of CsSnI3 absorber with suitable ETLs including ZnO, IGZO, WS2, PCBM, CeO2, and C60 ETLs and CuI as HTL, paving a constructive research path for the photovoltaic industry to fabricate cost-effective, high-efficiency, and nontoxic CsSnI3 PSCs.
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- M. Khalid Hossain
- Institute
of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
- Department
of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- College
of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua
University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Department
of ECE, Indian Institute of Information
Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur 482005, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Physics, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Pakistan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- VLSI
Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering
and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India
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- VLSI
Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering
and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India
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- Radiological
Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University
College, 51001 Hillah, Babylon, Iraq
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University, Jamalpur 2012, Bangladesh
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- LEREESI, Higher
National School of Renewable Energies, Environment
and Sustainable Development, Batna 05078, Algeria
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Al-Mousoi AK, Mohammed MKA, Kumar A, Pandey R, Madan J, Dastan D, Hossain MK, Sakthivel P, Anandha Babu G, Yaseen ZM. Understanding Auger recombination in perovskite solar cells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37306330 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00441d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Enhanced radiative efficiency, long carrier lifetimes, and high carrier mobilities are hallmarks of perovskite solar cells. Considering this, complete cells experience large nonradiative recombination losses that restrict their VOC considerably below the Shockley-Queisser limit. Auger recombination, which involves two free photo-induced carriers and a trapped charge carrier, is one potential mechanism. Herein, the effects of Auger capture coefficients in mixed-cation perovskites are analyzed employing SCAPS-1D computations. It is demonstrated that VOC and FF are severely decreased with an increase in the acceptor concentration and Auger capture coefficients of perovskites, thus reducing the device performance. When the Auger capture coefficient is increased to 10-20 cm6 s-1 under the acceptor concentration of 1016 cm-3, the performance is drastically lowered from 21.5% (without taking Auger recombination into account) to 9.9%. The findings suggest that in order to increase the efficiency of perovskite solar cells and prevent the effects of Auger recombination, the Auger recombination coefficients should be less than 10-24 cm6 s-1.
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- Ali K Al-Mousoi
- Department of Radiology and Ultrasonography Techniques, College of Medical Techniques, Al-Farahidi University, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
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- Solar Lab, GLA University, Mathura-281406, India
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, 140417 Rajpura, Punjab, India.
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, 140417 Rajpura, Punjab, India.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Membranes and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Dastan D, Mohammed MKA, Al-Mousoi AK, Kumar A, Salih SQ, JosephNg PS, Ahmed DS, Pandey R, Yaseen ZM, Hossain MK. Insights into the photovoltaic properties of indium sulfide as an electron transport material in perovskite solar cells. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9076. [PMID: 37277466 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36427-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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According to recent reports, planar structure-based organometallic perovskite solar cells (OPSCs) have achieved remarkable power conversion efficiency (PCE), making them very competitive with the more traditional silicon photovoltaics. A complete understanding of OPSCs and their individual parts is still necessary for further enhancement in PCE. In this work, indium sulfide (In2S3)-based planar heterojunction OPSCs were proposed and simulated with the SCAPS (a Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator)-1D programme. Initially, OPSC performance was calibrated with the experimentally fabricated architecture (FTO/In2S3/MAPbI3/Spiro-OMeTAD/Au) to evaluate the optimum parameters of each layer. The numerical calculations showed a significant dependence of PCE on the thickness and defect density of the MAPbI3 absorber material. The results showed that as the perovskite layer thickness increased, the PCE improved gradually but subsequently reached a maximum at thicknesses greater than 500 nm. Moreover, parameters involving the series resistance as well as the shunt resistance were recognized to affect the performance of the OPSC. Most importantly, a champion PCE of over 20% was yielded under the optimistic simulation conditions. Overall, the OPSC performed better between 20 and 30 °C, and its efficiency rapidly decreases above that temperature.
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- Davoud Dastan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad, 10011, Iraq
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- Solar Lab, GLA University, Mathura, 281406, India
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- Technical College of Engineering, Al-Bayan University, Baghdad, 10011, Iraq
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- Faculty of Data Science & Information Technology, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN, 71800, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
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- Applied Sciences Department, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad, 10011, Iraq
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, 140417, India
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Membranes and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Electronics. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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Isha A, Kowsar A, Kuddus A, Hossain MK, Ali MH, Haque MD, Rahman MF. High efficiency Cu 2MnSnS 4 thin film solar cells with SnS BSF and CdS ETL layers: A numerical simulation. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15716. [PMID: 37159712 PMCID: PMC10163647 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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The quaternary compound copper manganese tin sulfide Cu2MnSnS4 is a potential absorber semiconductor material for fabricating thin film solar cells (TFSC) thanks to their promising optoelectronic parameters. This article numerically investigated the performance of Cu2MnSnS4 (CMTS)-based TFSC without and with tin sulphide (SnS) back surface field (BSF) thin-film layer. First, the impact of several major influential parameters such as the active material's thickness, doping concentration of photoactive materials, density of bulk and interface defect, working temperature, and metal contact, were studied systematically without a BSF layer. Thereafter, the photovoltaic performance of the optimized pristine cell was further investigated with an SnS as BSF inserted between the absorber (CMTS) with a Platinum back metal of an optimized heterostructure of Cu/ZnO:Al/i-ZnO/n-CdS/p-Cu2MnSnS4/Pt. Thus, the photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.43% with a J SC of 34.41nullmA/cm2 and V OC of 0.883 V was achieved under AM1.5G solar spectrum without SnS BSF layer. Furthermore, an improved PCE of 31.4% with a J SC of 36.21nullmA/cm2 and V OC of 1.07 V was achieved with a quantum efficiency of over 85% in the wavelengths of 450-1000 nm by the addition of SnS BSF layer. Thus, this obtained systematic and consistent outcomes reveal immense potential of CMTS with SnS as absorber and BSF, respectively and provide imperious guidance for fabricating highly a massive potential efficient solar cell.
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- Ahmmad Isha
- Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur, Rangpur 5404, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
- Corresponding author.
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- Solar Energy Laboratory, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur, Rangpur 5404, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur, Rangpur 5404, Bangladesh
- Corresponding author.
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Mushtaq M, Algethami N, Abdul Rauf Khan M, Ayesh AI, Mateen M, Laref A, Abdelmohsen SAM, Hossain MK. Adsorption of NO x ( x = 1, 2) Molecules on the CoFeMnSi(001) Surface: First-Principles Insights. ACS Omega 2023; 8:14005-14012. [PMID: 37091401 PMCID: PMC10116634 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In this article, the adsorption of NO x (x = 1, 2) gas molecules on the (001) surface of CoFeMnSi quaternary Heusler alloys has been investigated theoretically with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The adsorption strength was estimated with adsorption energy (E a), magnitude of charge transfer (ΔQ), charge density difference (CDD), minimum distance between molecule and surface (d), and adsorption mechanism was analyzed with density of states. The results showed that unlike half-metallic nature of the bulk phase, the pristine CoFeMnSi(001) surface exhibited metallic character caused by the emergence of electronic states of the atoms in the top-most layer of the surface. It was found that both NO and NO2 molecules undergo chemical adsorption and strongly interact with the surface evidenced by the large value of E a and ΔQ. In particular, the NO x molecule dissociates into N and O atoms for some adsorption configurations. Bader charge analysis reveals that NO x molecules act as charge acceptors by drawing charge from the surface atoms through p-d hybridization. Such findings might be useful in the development of Heusler alloys based gas sensors.
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- Muhammad Mushtaq
- Department
of Physics, University of the Poonch Rawalakot, 12350 Rawalakot, AJK, Pakistan
- . Phone: +92 3445864590
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- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Physics
Program, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, College
of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P. O. Box 2713, Doha 00000, Qatar
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- Provincial
Key Laboratory of Solid-State Optoelectronic Devices, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Physics, College of Science, Princess
Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute
of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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Ali MH, Al Mamun MA, Haque MD, Rahman MF, Hossain MK, Md. Touhidul Islam AZ. Performance Enhancement of an MoS 2-Based Heterojunction Solar Cell with an In 2Te 3 Back Surface Field: A Numerical Simulation Approach. ACS Omega 2023; 8:7017-7029. [PMID: 36844558 PMCID: PMC9948157 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Researchers are currently showing interest in molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based solar cells due to their remarkable semiconducting characteristics. The incompatibility of the band structures at the BSF/absorber and absorber/buffer interfaces, as well as carrier recombination at the rear and front metal contacts, prevents the expected result from being achieved. The main purpose of this work is to enhance the performance of the newly proposed Al/ITO/TiO2/MoS2/In2Te3/Ni solar cell and investigate the impacts of the In2Te3 BSF and TiO2 buffer layer on the performance parameters of open-circuit voltage (V OC), short-circuit current density (J SC), fill factor (FF), and power conversion efficiency (PCE). This research has been performed by utilizing SCAPS simulation software. The performance parameters such as variation of thickness, carrier concentration, the bulk defect concentration of each layer, interface defect, operating temperature, capacitance-voltage (C-V), surface recombination velocity, and front as well as rear electrodes have been analyzed to achieve a better performance. This device performs exceptionally well at lower carrier concentrations (1 × 1016 cm-3) in a thin (800 nm) MoS2 absorber layer. The PCE, V OC, J SC, and FF values of the Al/ITO/TiO2/MoS2/Ni reference cell have been estimated to be 22.30%, 0.793 V, 30.89 mA/cm2, and 80.62% respectively, while the PCE, V OC, J SC, and FF values have been determined to be 33.32%, 1.084 V, 37.22 mA/cm2, and 82.58% for the Al/ITO/TiO2/MoS2/In2Te3/Ni proposed solar cell by introducing In2Te3 between the absorber (MoS2) and the rear electrode (Ni). The proposed research may give an insight and a feasible way to realize a cost-effective MoS2-based thin-film solar cell.
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- Md. Hasan Ali
- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Department
of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- Institute
of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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Hossain MK, Toki GFI, Kuddus A, Rubel MHK, Hossain MM, Bencherif H, Rahman MF, Islam MR, Mushtaq M. An extensive study on multiple ETL and HTL layers to design and simulation of high-performance lead-free CsSnCl 3-based perovskite solar cells. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2521. [PMID: 36781884 PMCID: PMC9925818 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28506-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Cesium tin chloride (CsSnCl3) is a potential and competitive absorber material for lead-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The full potential of CsSnCl3 not yet been realized owing to the possible challenges of defect-free device fabrication, non-optimized alignment of the electron transport layer (ETL), hole transport layer (HTL), and the favorable device configuration. In this work, we proposed several CsSnCl3-based solar cell (SC) configurations using one dimensional solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) with different competent ETLs like indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO), tin-dioxide (SnO2), tungsten disulfide (WS2), ceric dioxide (CeO2), titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), C60, PCBM, and HTLs of cuprous oxide (Cu2O), cupric oxide (CuO), nickel oxide (NiO), vanadium oxide (V2O5), copper iodide (CuI), CuSCN, CuSbS2, Spiro MeOTAD, CBTS, CFTS, P3HT, PEDOT:PSS. Simulation results revealed that ZnO, TiO2, IGZO, WS2, PCBM, and C60 ETLs-based halide perovskites with ITO/ETLs/CsSnCl3/CBTS/Au heterostructure exhibited outstanding photoconversion efficiency retaining nearest photovoltaic parameters values among 96 different configurations. Further, for the six best-performing configurations, the effect of the CsSnCl3 absorber and ETL thickness, series and shunt resistance, working temperature, impact of capacitance, Mott-Schottky, generation and recombination rate, current-voltage properties, and quantum efficiency on performance were assessed. We found that ETLs like TiO2, ZnO, and IGZO, with CBTS HTL can act as outstanding materials for the fabrication of CsSnCl3-based high efficiency (η ≥ 22%) heterojunction SCs with ITO/ETL/CsSnCl3/CBTS/Au structure. The simulation results obtained by the SCAPS-1D for the best six CsSnCl3-perovskites SC configurations were compared by the wxAMPS (widget provided analysis of microelectronic and photonic structures) tool for further validation. Furthermore, the structural, optical and electronic properties along with electron charge density, and Fermi surface of the CsSnCl3 perovskite absorber layer were computed and analyzed using first-principle calculations based on density functional theory. Thus, this in-depth simulation paves a constructive research avenue to fabricate cost-effective, high-efficiency, and lead-free CsSnCl3 perovskite-based high-performance SCs for a lead-free green and pollution-free environment.
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- M. Khalid Hossain
- grid.466515.50000 0001 0744 4550Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349 Bangladesh
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- grid.255169.c0000 0000 9141 4786College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620 China
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- grid.262576.20000 0000 8863 9909Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 525-0058 Japan
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- grid.412656.20000 0004 0451 7306Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205 Bangladesh
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- grid.442957.90000 0004 0371 3778Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, 4349 Bangladesh
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- Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development, 05078 Batna, Algeria
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- grid.443106.40000 0004 4684 0312Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, 5400 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University, Jamalpur, 2012 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot, 12350 Pakistan
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Hossain MK, Toki GFI, Alam I, Pandey R, Samajdar DP, Rahman MF, Islam MR, Rubel MHK, Bencherif H, Madan J, Mohammed MKA. Numerical simulation and optimization of CsPbI3-based perovskite solar cell to enhance the power conversion efficiency. NEW J CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj06206b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In this study, we investigated the potential of CsPbI3 as an absorber material for use in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). To optimize the device, we used TiO2 as the electron...
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Saurabh S, Hossain MK, Singh S, Agnihotri SK, Samajdar DP. Optical performance analysis of InP nanostructures for photovoltaic applications. RSC Adv 2023; 13:9878-9891. [PMID: 37006350 PMCID: PMC10051016 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00039g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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In this article, we have performed a comparative analysis of six different types of nanostructures that can improve photon management for photovoltaic applications. These nanostructures act as anti-reflective structures by improving the absorption characteristics and tailoring the optoelectronic properties of the associated devices. The absorption enhancement in indium phosphide (InP) and silicon (Si) based cylindrical nanowires (CNWs) and rectangular nanowires (RNWs), truncated nanocones (TNCs), truncated nanopyramids (TNPs), inverted truncated nanocones (ITNCs), and inverted truncated nanopyramids (ITNPs) are computed using the finite element method (FEM) based commercial COMSOL Multiphysics package. The influence of geometrical dimensions of the investigated nanostructures such as period (P), diameter (D), width (W), filling ratio (FR), bottom W and D (Wbot/Dbot), and top W and D (Wtop/Dtop) on the optical performance are analyzed in detail. Optical short circuit current density (Jsc) is computed using the absorption spectra. The results of numerical simulations indicate that InP nanostructures are optically superior to Si nanostructures. In addition to this, the InP TNP generates an optical short circuit current density (Jsc) of 34.28 mA cm−2, which is ∼10 mA cm−2 higher than its Si counterpart. The effect of incident angle on the ultimate efficiency of the investigated nanostructures in transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes is also explored. Theoretical insights into the design strategies of different nanostructures proposed in this article will act as a benchmark for choosing the device dimensions of appropriate nanostructures for the fabrication of efficient photovoltaic devices. The optical performance of different indium phosphide (InP) nanostructures are investigated using Wave Optics Module of COMSOL Multiphysics. Our results indicate that InP based nanostructures outperform silicon based nanostructures.![]()
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- Siddharth Saurabh
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and ManufacturingJabalpur 482005India
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka 1349Bangladesh
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and ManufacturingJabalpur 482005India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and ManufacturingJabalpur 482005India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and ManufacturingJabalpur 482005India
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Islam MMM, Kowsar A, Haque AKMM, Hossain MK, Ali MH, Rubel MHK, Rahman MF. Techno-economic Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Healthcare Centre in Northwest Bangladesh. Process Integr Optim Sustain 2023; 7:315-328. [PMCID: PMC9684884 DOI: 10.1007/s41660-022-00294-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Assessments for the techno-economic viability of the hybrid renewable energy system have been stimulated due to the frequent price hike and falls of fossil fuels, the derivatives generated during the burning of the fuels that are emitted into the environment, and the very high installation cost of the present day’s conventional photovoltaic energy system. This paper reports on the techno-economic performance assessments of a hybrid renewable energy system for a rural healthcare center in Bangladesh. These healthcare centers are essential for the residents of rural areas in Bangladesh. In this regard, a microgrid solar hybrid photovoltaic system has been designed to power a healthcare center in Gangachara Upazila (sub-district), Rangpur district, a northwest region in Bangladesh. The rooftop PV system comprises 400 Wp solar panels, a 25 kW bi-directional inverter, a 28 kW generator, connecting wires, a mounting system, and related accessories. In this assessment, state-of-the-art PV design software, HOMER Powering Health Tool, has been utilized for estimating the load requirements and for techno-economic and environmental evaluation of the microgrid system. The load analysis revealed that a 32 kW grid–connected solar PV system was required for the selected healthcare and the estimated net present cost was US$ 33,818, with a levelized cost of energy was US$ 0.022.
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- Md. Mahai Menul Islam
- Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, 1205 Bangladesh
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, 1205 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, IGSES, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 816-8580 Japan
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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Hossain MK, Toki GFI, Madan J, Pandey R, Bencherif H, Mohammed MKA, Islam MR, Rubel MHK, Rahman MF, Bhattarai S, Samajdar DP. A comprehensive study of the optimization and comparison of cesium halide perovskite solar cells using ZnO and Cu2FeSnS4 as charge transport layers. NEW J CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d3nj00320e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Scientists are always working to increase the efficiency of solar cells in order to fulfill the rising need for energy sources. In these circumstances, Cs-based perovskites attracted attention due to...
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Hossain MK, Arnab AA, Das RC, Hossain KM, Rubel MHK, Rahman MF, Bencherif H, Emetere ME, Mohammed MKA, Pandey R. Combined DFT, SCAPS-1D, and wxAMPS frameworks for design optimization of efficient Cs 2BiAgI 6-based perovskite solar cells with different charge transport layers. RSC Adv 2022; 12:34850-34873. [PMID: 36540224 PMCID: PMC9727753 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06734j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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In this study, combined DFT, SCAPS-1D, and wxAMPS frameworks are used to investigate the optimized designs of Cs2BiAgI6 double perovskite-based solar cells. First-principles calculations are employed to investigate the structural stability, optical responses, and electronic contribution of the constituent elements in Cs2BiAgI6 absorber material, where SCAPS-1D and wxAMPS simulators are used to scrutinize different configurations of Cs2BiAgI6 solar cells. Here, PCBM, ZnO, TiO2, C60, IGZO, SnO2, WS2, and CeO2 are used as ETL, and Cu2O, CuSCN, CuSbS2, NiO, P3HT, PEDOT:PSS, spiro-MeOTAD, CuI, CuO, V2O5, CBTS, CFTS are used as HTL, and Au is used as a back contact. About ninety-six combinations of Cs2BiAgI6-based solar cell structures are investigated, in which eight sets of solar cell structures are identified as the most efficient structures. Besides, holistic investigation on the effect of different factors such as the thickness of different layers, series and shunt resistances, temperature, capacitance, Mott-Schottky and generation-recombination rates, and J-V (current-voltage density) and QE (quantum efficiency) characteristics is performed. The results show CBTS as the best HTL for Cs2BiAgI6 with all eight ETLs used in this work, resulting in a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.99%, 21.55%, 21.59%, 17.47%, 20.42%, 21.52%, 14.44%, 21.43% with PCBM, TiO2, ZnO, C60, IGZO, SnO2, CeO2, WS2, respectively. The proposed strategy may pave the way for further design optimization of lead-free double perovskite solar cells.
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- M Khalid Hossain
- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Dhaka 1208 Bangladesh
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University Tallahassee FL 32306 USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi Rajshahi 6205 Bangladesh
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi Rajshahi 6205 Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 Bangladesh
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- HNS-RE2SD, Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development Batna 05078 Algeria
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- Department of Physics and Solar Energy, Bowen University Iwo 232101 Osun Nigeria
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- Radiological Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College Hillah 51001 Babylon Iraq
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- VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University Punjab 140401 India
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Rahman MF, Alam Moon MM, Hossain MK, Ali MH, Haque MD, Kuddus A, Hossain J, Md. Ismail AB. Concurrent investigation of antimony chalcogenide (Sb2Se3 and Sb2S3)-based solar cells with a potential WS2 electron transport layer. Heliyon 2022; 8:e12034. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Sen SK, Munshi MR, Kumar A, Mortuza AA, Manir MS, Islam MA, Hossain MN, Hossain MK. Structural, optical, magnetic, and enhanced antibacterial properties of hydrothermally synthesized Sm-incorporating α-MoO 3 2D-layered nanoplates. RSC Adv 2022; 12:34584-34600. [PMID: 36545635 PMCID: PMC9716563 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05304g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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In this study, we have synthesized pristine and [0.5,1.5, and 2.5] M% samarium (Sm)-incorporating α-MoO3 2D-layered nanoplates utilizing a facile hydrothermal process, and investigated the physical properties along with antibacterial effectiveness. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirmed the single-phase, stable orthorhombic polycrystalline structure of the as-prepared samples. The crystallite size, lattice strain, and dislocation density were measured using both Debye-Scherrer (D-S) and Williamson-Hall (W-H) techniques. Both pristine and Sm-incorporating α-MoO3 samples showed two-dimensional (2D) layered nanoplate-type surface morphology, revealed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) images. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) confirmed the presence of Sm contents in the α-MoO3 matrix. After Sm incorporation in α-MoO3, the different functional groups as well as vibrational groups were observed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy analyses, respectively. The optical band gaps were measured from UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) by employing the Kubelka-Munk formula and interestingly it is found that the bandgap energy (E g) gradually decreased from 2.96 to 2.83 eV with the increment of Sm content. When compared to pristine α-MoO3, the Sm-incorporating samples experienced a steady improvement in room temperature ferromagnetic (RTFM) behavior as Sm content increased, as measured by hysteresis loops. The antibacterial activities of both samples were assessed against Gram-positive: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and Gram-negative: Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) bacteria by the agar well diffusion method and enhanced antibacterial activity was observed as the Sm concentration increased, compared to pristine nanoplates. The obtained results suggest that the synthesized Sm-incorporating α-MoO3 2D-layered nanoplate could be a potential antibacterial agent.
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- Sapan Kumar Sen
- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka 1349Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, European University of BangladeshDhaka 1216Bangladesh
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- Materials Science Division, Atomic Energy Centre, Bangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka 1000Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka 1349Bangladesh
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- Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka 1349Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, University of BarishalBarishal 8200Bangladesh
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- Department of Glass & Ceramic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & TechnologyDhaka 1000Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy CommissionDhaka 1349Bangladesh
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Hossain MK, Rubel MHK, Toki GFI, Alam I, Rahman MF, Bencherif H. Effect of Various Electron and Hole Transport Layers on the Performance of CsPbI 3-Based Perovskite Solar Cells: A Numerical Investigation in DFT, SCAPS-1D, and wxAMPS Frameworks. ACS Omega 2022; 7:43210-43230. [PMID: 36467947 PMCID: PMC9713884 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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CsPbI3 has recently received tremendous attention as a possible absorber of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, CsPbI3-based PSCs have yet to achieve the high performance of the hybrid PSCs. In this work, we performed a density functional theory (DFT) study using the Cambridge Serial Total Energy Package (CASTEP) code for the cubic CsPbI3 absorber to compare and evaluate its structural, electronic, and optical properties. The calculated electronic band gap (E g) using the GGA-PBE approach of CASTEP was 1.483 eV for this CsPbI3 absorber. Moreover, the computed density of states (DOS) exhibited the dominant contribution from the Pb-5d orbital, and most charges also accumulated for the Pb atom as seen from the electronic charge density map. Fermi surface calculation showed multiband character, and optical properties were computed to investigate the optical response of CsPbI3. Furthermore, we used IGZO, SnO2, WS2, CeO2, PCBM, TiO2, ZnO, and C60 as the electron transport layers (ETLs) and Cu2O, CuSCN, CuSbS2, Spiro-MeOTAD, V2O5, CBTS, CFTS, P3HT, PEDOT:PSS, NiO, CuO, and CuI as the hole transport layers (HTLs) to identify the best HTL/CsPbI3/ETL combinations using the SCAPS-1D solar cell simulation software. Among 96 device structures, the best-optimized device structure, ITO/TiO2/CsPbI3/CBTS/Au, was identified, which exhibited an efficiency of 17.9%. The effect of the absorber and ETL thickness, series resistance, shunt resistance, and operating temperature was also evaluated for the six best devices along with their corresponding generation rate, recombination rate, capacitance-voltage, current density-voltage, and quantum efficiency characteristics. The obtained results from SCAPS-1D were also compared with wxAMPS simulation results.
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- M. Khalid Hossain
- Institute
of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka1349, Bangladesh
- Department
of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka816-8580, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Rajshahi, Rajshahi6205, Bangladesh
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- College
of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua
University, Shanghai201620, China
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- Department
of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, ABT2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur5400, Bangladesh
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- HNS-RE2SD, Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment
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Hossain MK, Hasan SMK, Hossain MI, Das RC, Bencherif H, Rubel MHK, Rahman MF, Emrose T, Hashizume K. A Review of Applications, Prospects, and Challenges of Proton-Conducting Zirconates in Electrochemical Hydrogen Devices. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2022; 12:nano12203581. [PMID: 36296771 PMCID: PMC9609721 DOI: 10.3390/nano12203581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In the future, when fossil fuels are exhausted, alternative energy sources will be essential for everyday needs. Hydrogen-based energy can play a vital role in this aspect. This energy is green, clean, and renewable. Electrochemical hydrogen devices have been used extensively in nuclear power plants to manage hydrogen-based renewable fuel. Doped zirconate materials are commonly used as an electrolyte in these electrochemical devices. These materials have excellent physical stability and high proton transport numbers, which make them suitable for multiple applications. Doping enhances the physical and electronic properties of zirconate materials and makes them ideal for practical applications. This review highlights the applications of zirconate-based proton-conducting materials in electrochemical cells, particularly in tritium monitors, tritium recovery, hydrogen sensors, and hydrogen pump systems. The central section of this review summarizes recent investigations and provides a comprehensive insight into the various doping schemes, experimental setup, instrumentation, optimum operating conditions, morphology, composition, and performance of zirconate electrolyte materials. In addition, different challenges that are hindering zirconate materials from achieving their full potential in electrochemical hydrogen devices are discussed. Finally, this paper lays out a few pathways for aspirants who wish to undertake research in this field.
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- M. Khalid Hossain
- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, IGSES, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
- Institute of Electronics, AERE, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development, Batna 05078, Algeria
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur 5400, Bangladesh
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, IGSES, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Anik MI, Mahmud N, Masud AA, Khan MI, Islam MN, Uddin S, Hossain MK. Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Age-Related Diseases: A Review. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2022; 5:4028-4054. [PMID: 36043942 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Research on the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the aging process has advanced significantly over the last two decades. In light of recent findings, ROS takes part in the aging process of cells along with contributing to various physiological signaling pathways. Antioxidants being cells' natural defense mechanism against ROS-mediated alteration, play an imperative role to maintain intracellular ROS homeostasis. Although the complete understanding of the ROS regulated aging process is yet to be fully comprehended, current insights into various sources of cellular ROS and their correlation with the aging process and age-related diseases are portrayed in this review. In addition, results on the effect of antioxidants on ROS homeostasis and the aging process as well as their advances in clinical trials are also discussed in detail. The future perspective in ROS-antioxidant dynamics on antiaging research is also marshaled to provide future directions for ROS-mediated antiaging research fields.
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- Muzahidul I Anik
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Bioregulatory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Mahmud N, Anik MI, Hossain MK, Khan MI, Uddin S, Ashrafuzzaman M, Rahaman MM. Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Platforms to Combat COVID-19: Diagnostics, Preventions, Therapeutics, and Vaccine Developments. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2022; 5:2431-2460. [PMID: 35583460 PMCID: PMC9128020 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2, a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that emerged less than two years ago but has caused nearly 6.1 million deaths to date. Recently developed variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been shown to be more potent and expanded at a faster rate. Until now, there is no specific and effective treatment for SARS-CoV-2 in terms of reliable and sustainable recovery. Precaution, prevention, and vaccinations are the only ways to keep the pandemic situation under control. Medical and scientific professionals are now focusing on the repurposing of previous technology and trying to develop more fruitful methodologies to detect the presence of viruses, treat the patients, precautionary items, and vaccine developments. Nanomedicine or nanobased platforms can play a crucial role in these fronts. Researchers are working on many effective approaches by nanosized particles to combat SARS-CoV-2. The role of a nanobased platform to combat SARS-CoV-2 is extremely diverse (i.e., mark to personal protective suit, rapid diagnostic tool to targeted treatment, and vaccine developments). Although there are many theoretical possibilities of a nanobased platform to combat SARS-CoV-2, until now there is an inadequate number of research targeting SARS-CoV-2 to explore such scenarios. This unique mini-review aims to compile and elaborate on the recent advances of nanobased approaches from prevention, diagnostics, treatment to vaccine developments against SARS-CoV-2, and associated challenges.
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- Niaz Mahmud
- Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka 1216,
Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881,
United States
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering
Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580,
Japan
- Atomic Energy Research Establishment,
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349,
Bangladesh
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United
States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of
Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395,
Japan
- Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka 1216,
Bangladesh
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU
Langone Health, New York, New York 10016, United
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Khan MI, Hossain MI, Hossain MK, Rubel MHK, Hossain KM, Mahfuz AMUB, Anik MI. Recent Progress in Nanostructured Smart Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy: A Review. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2022; 5:971-1012. [PMID: 35226465 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Traditional treatment approaches for cancer involve intravenous chemotherapy or other forms of drug delivery. These therapeutic measures suffer from several limitations such as nonspecific targeting, poor biodistribution, and buildup of drug resistances. However, significant technological advancements have been made in terms of superior modes of drug delivery over the last few decades. Technical capability in analyzing the molecular mechanisms of tumor biology, nanotechnology─particularly the development of biocompatible nanoparticles, surface modification techniques, microelectronics, and material sciences─has increased. As a result, a significant number of nanostructured carriers that can deliver drugs to specific cancerous sites with high efficiency have been developed. This particular maneuver that enables the introduction of a therapeutic nanostructured substance in the body by controlling the rate, time, and place is defined as the nanostructured drug delivery system (NDDS). Because of their versatility and ability to incorporate features such as specific targeting, water solubility, stability, biocompatibility, degradability, and ability to reverse drug resistance, they have attracted the interest of the scientific community, in general, and nanotechnologists as well as biomedical scientists. To keep pace with the rapid advancement of nanotechnology, specific technical aspects of the recent NDDSs and their prospects need to be reported coherently. To address these ongoing issues, this review article provides an overview of different NDDSs such as lipids, polymers, and inorganic nanoparticles. In addition, this review also reports the challenges of current NDDSs and points out the prospective research directions of these nanocarriers. From our focused review, we conclude that still now the most advanced and potent field of application for NDDSs is lipid-based, while other significantly potential fields include polymer-based and inorganic NDDSs. However, despite the promises, challenges remain in practical implementations of such NDDSs in terms of dosage and stability, and caution should be exercised regarding biocompatibility of materials. Considering these aspects objectively, this review on NDDSs will be particularly of interest for small-to-large scale industrial researchers and academicians with expertise in drug delivery, cancer research, and nanotechnology.
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- Md Ishak Khan
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71270, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan.,Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, University of Development Alternative, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, South Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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Anik MI, Hossain MK, Hossain I, Mahfuz AMUB, Rahman MT, Ahmed I. Recent progress of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedical applications: A review. Nano Select 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202000162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Muzahidul I. Anik
- Chemical Engineering University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science Kyushu University Fukuoka 816–8580 Japan
- Atomic Energy Research Establishment Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka 1349 Bangladesh
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- Institute for Micromanufacturing Louisiana Tech University Ruston Louisiana 71270 USA
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering University of Development Alternative Dhaka 1209 Bangladesh
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- Materials Science and Engineering University of Rajshahi Rajshahi 6205 Bangladesh
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- Chemical Engineering University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio 45221 USA
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Rahman MR, Hossain MK, Hossain MA, Hasan ME. Natural regeneration potential of Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh. Bangladesh J Bot 2020; 49:989-996. [DOI: 10.3329/bjb.v49i4.52515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Natural regeneration is an essential tool to evaluate the overall health of a forest ecosystem. Natural regeneration of the tree species in Madhupur National Park showed 47 regenerating tree species among which Shorea robusta has maximum density (18,046 seedlings per ha) followed by Aporosa sp., whereas minimum density (19 seedling per ha) was recorded for Cassia nodosa, Litsea glutinosa, Grewia asiatica and Syzygium cumini, respectively. Relative density, relative frequency and relative abundance were estimated to assess the Importance Value Index (IVI) of the seedlings of different tree species. IVI of S. robusta was highest (66.25 out of 300) followed by Mallotus philippensis (27.33). G. asiatica, Derris robusta, and L. glutinosa showed the lowest IVI (0.93) among the regenerating tree species. Distribution of seedlings into different height classes showed that maximum number (31.4%) of seedlings in the height range of 50 - <100 cm. Among the recorded seedlings, Protium serratum showed maximum (11%) recruitment success. Alien invasive species, pineapple and banana based participatory agroforestry, frequent occurrence of fire, extensive collection of fuelwood and litter are the potential threats to the natural regeneration of Madhupur National Park.
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Hossain MK, Hashizume K, Jo S, Kawaguchi K, Hatano Y. Hydrogen Isotope Dissolution and Release Behavior of Rare Earth Oxides. Fusion Science and Technology 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2020.1728173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- M. Khalid Hossain
- Kyushu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
- Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Kyushu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- University of Toyama, Organization for Promotion of Research, Hydrogen Isotope Research Center, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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Hossen S, Hossain MK, Basher M, Mia M, Rahman M, Uddin MJ. Smart nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy and toxicity studies: A review. J Adv Res 2019; 15:1-18. [PMID: 30581608 PMCID: PMC6300464 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 476] [Impact Index Per Article: 95.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nonspecific distribution and uncontrollable release of drugs in conventional drug delivery systems (CDDSs) have led to the development of smart nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems, which are also known as Smart Drug Delivery Systems (SDDSs). SDDSs can deliver drugs to the target sites with reduced dosage frequency and in a spatially controlled manner to mitigate the side effects experienced in CDDSs. Chemotherapy is widely used to treat cancer, which is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Site-specific drug delivery led to a keen interest in the SDDSs as an alternative to chemotherapy. Smart nanocarriers, nanoparticles used to carry drugs, are at the focus of SDDSs. A smart drug delivery system consists of smart nanocarriers, targeting mechanisms, and stimulus techniques. This review highlights the recent development of SDDSs for a number of smart nanocarriers, including liposomes, micelles, dendrimers, meso-porous silica nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles, super paramagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and quantum dots. The nanocarriers are described in terms of their structures, classification, synthesis and degree of smartness. Even though SDDSs feature a number of advantages over chemotherapy, there are major concerns about the toxicity of smart nanocarriers; therefore, a substantial study on the toxicity and biocompatibility of the nanocarriers has been reported. Finally, the challenges and future research scope in the field of SDDSs are also presented. It is expected that this review will be widely useful for those who have been seeking new research directions in this field and for those who are about to start their studies in smart nanocarrier-based drug delivery.
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- Sarwar Hossen
- Department of Physics, Khulna Govt. Mahila College, National University, Gazipur 1704, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, KwangWoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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Afzal MJ, Ashraf MW, Tayyaba S, Hossain MK, Afzulpurkar N. Sinusoidal Microchannel with Descending Curves for Varicose Veins Implantation. Micromachines (Basel) 2018; 9:E59. [PMID: 30393335 PMCID: PMC6187514 DOI: 10.3390/mi9020059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Approximately 26% of adult people, mostly females, are affected by varicose veins in old age. It is a common reason for distress, loss of efficiency, and worsening living conditions. Several traditional treatment techniques (sclerotherapy and foam sclerotherapy of large veins, laser surgeries and radiofrequency ablation, vein ligation and stripping, ambulatory phlebectomy, and endoscopic vein surgery) have failed to handle this disease effectively. Herein, authors have presented an alternative varicose vein implant method-the descending sinusoidal microchannel (DSMC). DSMC was simulated by Fuzzy logic MATLAB (The MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA) and ANSYS (ANSYS 18.2, perpetual license purchased by Ibadat Education Trust, The University of Lahore, Pakistan) with real and actual conditions. After simulations of DSMC, fabrication and testing were performed. The silver DSMC was manufactured by utilizing a micromachining procedure. The length, width, and depth of the silver substrate were 51 mm, 25 mm, and 1.1 mm, respectively. The measurements of the DSMC channel in the silver wafer substrate were 0.9 mm in width and 0.9 mm in depth. The three descending curves of the DSMC were 7 mm, 6 mm, and 5 mm in height. For pressure, actual conditions were carefully taken as 1.0 kPa to 1.5 kPa for varicose veins. For velocity, actual conditions were carefully taken as 0.02 m/s to 0.07 m/s for these veins. These are real and standard values used in simulations and experiments. At Reynolds number 323, the flow rate and velocity were determined as 1001.0 (0.1 nL/s), 11.4 cm/s and 1015.3 (0.1 nL/s), 12.19 cm/s by MATLAB (The MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA) and ANSYS simulations, respectively. The flow rate and velocity were determined to be 995.3 (0.1 nL/s) and 12.2 cm/s, respectively, at the same Reynolds number (323) in the experiment. Moreover, the Dean number was also calculated to observe Dean vortices. All simulated and experimental results were in close agreement. Consequently, DSMC can be implanted in varicose veins as a new treatment to preserve excellent blood flow in human legs from the original place to avoid tissue damage and other problems.
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- Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MCET), Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Ras al-Khaimah P.O. Box 4793, UAE.
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Afzal MJ, Tayyaba S, Ashraf MW, Hossain MK, Uddin MJ, Afzulpurkar N. Simulation, Fabrication and Analysis of Silver Based Ascending Sinusoidal Microchannel (ASMC) for Implant of Varicose Veins. Micromachines (Basel) 2017; 8:E278. [PMID: 30400469 PMCID: PMC6189736 DOI: 10.3390/mi8090278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bioengineered veins can benefit humans needing bypass surgery, dialysis, and now, in the treatment of varicose veins. The implant of this vein in varicose veins has significant advantages over the conventional treatment methods. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), vein patch repair, pulmonary embolus, and tissue-damaging problems can be solved with this implant. Here, the authors have proposed biomedical microdevices as an alternative for varicose veins. MATLAB and ANSYS Fluent have been used for simulations of blood flow for bioengineered veins. The silver based microchannel has been fabricated by using a micromachining process. The dimensions of the silver substrates are 51 mm, 25 mm, and 1.1 mm, in length, width, and depth respectively. The dimensions of microchannels grooved in the substrates are 0.9 mm in width and depth. The boundary conditions for pressure and velocity were considered, from 1.0 kPa to 1.50 kPa, and 0.02 m/s to 0.07 m/s, respectively. These are the actual values of pressure and velocity in varicose veins. The flow rate of 5.843 (0.1 nL/s) and velocity of 5.843 cm/s were determined at Reynolds number 164.88 in experimental testing. The graphs and results from simulations and experiments are in close agreement. These microchannels can be inserted into varicose veins as a replacement to maintain the excellent blood flow in human legs.
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- Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering; Islamic University, Khustia 7003, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MCET), Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Ras al-Khaimah POBox 4793, UAE.
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Hossain MI, Qarony W, Hossain MK, Debnath MK, Uddin MJ, Tsang YH. Effect of back reflectors on photon absorption in thin-film amorphous silicon solar cells. Appl Nanosci 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-017-0582-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Salhi B, Hossain MK, Mukhaimer AW, Al-Sulaiman FA. Nanowires: a new pathway to nanotechnology-based applications. J Electroceram 2016; 37:34-49. [PMID: 32214875 PMCID: PMC7087632 DOI: 10.1007/s10832-016-0037-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The synthesis and the characterisation of silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have recently attracted great attention due to their potential applications in electronics and photonics. As yet, there are no practical uses of nanowires, except for research purposes, but certain properties and characteristics of nanowires look very promising for the future. Graphical abstractSemiconductor nanowires are attracting more and more interest for their applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The characteristic of the nanowires is their geometry with a diameter in the range of a few nanometers and a length far greater than their diameter. The structural defects often lead to mechanical defects. By reducing the number of defects per unit length, decreasing the lateral dimensions, crystalline nanowires are expected to be more resistant than the solid. Recently nanowires are attracting intense interest for solar energy conversion. In this review, we summarize the different methods of nanowires production and their applications. Special focus will be kept on silicon nanowires.
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- 1Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CoRERE), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- 1Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CoRERE), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- 1Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CoRERE), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- 1Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CoRERE), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sarker MRH, Razzaque A, Hoque MM, Roy S, Hossain MK. Investigation of Effluent Quality from an Effluent Treatment Plant of a Textile Industry, Fakir Knitwear Ltd. Narayangonj, Bangladesh. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.3329/jesnr.v8i2.26860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Textile industries are the major contributor to environmental pollution and health hazards by generating huge amount of effluents that contain several pollutants and coloring agents. The concentration of these pollutants can be reduced to the permissible limit with the help of an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP). The study was conducted to observe the textile effluent management techniques of an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) of Fakir Knitwear Limited (FKL), Narayanganj, Bangladesh. FKL set up a biological treatment plant to treat the effluent generated by the industry. Different effluent quality parameters were investigated at different stages in ETP. The effluent of the outlet was dark colored probably because of soluble coloring materials of the effluent but it is comparatively better than that of raw wastewater. There were found higher EC values than the standards which indicated that the greater amount of salts in the water due to dumping of solid wastes and discharging of industrial effluents. The highest TDS value 2054 ppm was observed at the screening pit unit than the other parts of the ETP. The highest DO was found 4.58 ppm in clarification tank which was within the standard value of aquaculture. The study also showed that the lowest BOD (24 ppm) and COD (145 ppm) was found at the outlet which was comparatively better than others. Although the effluent from the outlet contained pollutants, these effluent quality was comparatively good than the untreated waste water discharged from the industry. After treatment, the effluent of outlet moderately ensures the standard quality for aquaculture and irrigation. The results suggested that it is obvious to run the ETP regularly to improve the quality of effluents to save our native environment from the harmful effects of wastewater.J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 8(2): 25-31 2015
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Hossain MK, Rahman M, Nahar A, Khair A, Alam MM. Isolation and identification of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli causing colibacillosis in calf in selective areas of Bangladesh. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.3329/bjvm.v11i2.19139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study was carried out to isolate, identify and characterize Escherichia coli from diarrheic calves, their prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity pattern during the period from November 2011 to December 2012. For this purpose 100 diarrheic fecal samples were collected from four different areas of Bangladesh. The samples were aseptically collected and brought to the laboratory of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. The organisms were identified as E. coli on the basis of cultural, morphological and biochemical characteristics. Further the isolated bacteria were confirmed by amplification of E. coli specific 16sRNA gene. The antibiotic resistant pattern of the isolates was also performed. Out of 100 samples 49 (49%) were found to be positive for E. coli. The highest prevalence was found in Shahjadpur, Sirajganj (53.33%) while lowest was in BAU, Mymensingh (40%). The antibiogram study revealed that all isolates were resistant against ampicillin, erythromycin, azithromycin and streptomycin where erythromycin was 100% resistant, whereas 100% sensitivity was found to tetracycline and gentamicin which might be the best choice of drug for the treatment of diarrheagenic E. coli causing colibacillosis in calves.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjvm.v11i2.19139Bangl. J. Vet. Med. (2013).11(2): 145-149
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The present research work was conducted from July 2008 to June 2009 to investigate intensity of infestation of parasites in freshwater fishes and the impact of fish diseases on fish production in northern region of Bangladesh. Possibility of out break of diseases due to deterioration of environmental factors of water bodies was included in this study. The diseases identified were ulcer diseases, EUS (Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome), Ichthyophthiriasis, Trichodiniasis, Chilodoneliasis, Myxoboliasis, Dactylogyrosis, Gyrodactylosis, Argulosis, Pernicious anaemia, Red spot disease, Red Pest of freshwater eel, Mouth fungus, Branchiomysis, Abdominal dropsy and whirling disease. The infestation more occurred in young fishes than in adult fishes. The overall water qualities of water bodies fluctuated from July 2008 to June 2009. Physicochemical parameters have more or less significant combined effect on the deterioration of water quality as well as fish diseases. Gills were the most affected sites and parasites damaged gill filaments by rupturing blood capillaries, causing necrosis, coagulation and hemorrhage. The present study revealed the prevalence of different organisms in fishes, which are potential pathogen for them. Fishes were infested by parasites and other pathogens. From overall study it was observed that the parasites, bacteria and fungus were most important pathogen for outbreak of diseases. It was also observed that there was a direct relation between disease outbreak among fishes and environmental factors. Low alkalinity reduces the buffer capacity of water and badly affects the pond ecosystem, which in turn cause stress to the fish and become more susceptible to diseases. In case of low aquatic environmental temperature fish reduces metabolic activities, which in turn makes the fish more susceptible during the winter period towards parasitic infection. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v9i1-2.14655 J. Sci. Foundation, 9(1&2): 125-131, June-December 2011
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Islam MN, Chowdhury AK, Siddika M, Hossain MA, Hossain MK. Effect of zinc on growth of preterm babies. Mymensingh Med J 2009; 18:125-130. [PMID: 19182764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Zinc is being recognized increasingly as an important element in human growth, development and immunological function. It is probably the most intensely studied microelement in newborn nutrition. Zinc deficiency is common in young infants in the developing world and is associated with reduced immunocompetence and increased rates of serious disease. Preterm neonates are especially vulnerable because of preterm delivery and low birth weight. The preterm baby has very limited stored energy and needs an adequate supply of nutrient. Preterm infant have high zinc dietary requirements as 60% fetal zinc is acquired during third trimester of pregnancy. Low concentration of zinc was found in pre-term low birth weight babies in different studies. Studies showed that before supplementation serum zinc level in preterm low birth weight babies were 62+/-12.4 microgm/dl, 65 microgm/dl, 54+/-14.4 microgm/dl and after supplementation serum zinc level were 105.8+/-16.6 microgm/dl, 86.4+/-24.7 microgm/dl respectively. At the same time mean weight & length of supplementation and without supplementation group were 6084 gm vs. 5280 gm, 2779+/-638.7 gm vs. 2474.6+/-441.8 gm and length 23.7 cm vs. 21.4 cm, 46.49+/-2.6 cm vs. 44.1+/-2.8 cm respectively. So supplementation of zinc in preterm babies causes improved growth and development. Various reports showed beneficial effect of long supplement in early growth of pre-term babies. However long term follow up studies are needed to evaluate the beneficial effect of zinc supplementation on growth of preterm babies.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
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