UV-Vis absorbance characteristic of RA-TiO2adsorbed in keriang and pucuk merah dye

Nair Gomesh*, Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Ragunathan Santiagoo, Zawawi Daud, Syafinar Ramli

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Abstract

This paper presents the potentials of nature extracted sensitizers adsorbed onto the Rutile-Anatase-TiO2 electrode at 10 μm and 15 μm thickness. The proposed novel dyes were immersed into TiO2 film and tested on its UV-Vis absorbance spectrometer. The focus of this experiment is to characterise two novel dye sensitizers extracted from Keriang and Pucuk Merah fruit. Result for TiO2(Keriang) shows photon energy and absorption coefficient of 2.43 eV and 2.123 k m-1, respectively while the TiO2(Pucuk Merah) shows photon energy and absorption coefficient of 2.30 eV and 2.005 k m-1. Although the anatase and rutile phase of TiO2 material of has an optical energy gap of 3.15 and 3.05 eV, respectively, the addition of dyes has managed to increase the conductivity of TiO2 by lowering its band gap energy. This in turn will caused the electron transport resistance to reduce and encourages electrons to travel from the HOMO of valence band (VB) to the LUMO of conduction band (CB) increasing the conductivity properties of TiO2 electrode.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 8th International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering and Technology, ICAMET 2020
EditorsRafiza Abd Razak, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Shayfull Zamree Abd Rahim, Muhammad Faheem Mohd Tahir, Nurul Aida Mohd Mortar, Liyana Jamaludin
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735441187
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering and Technology, ICAMET 2020 - Langkawi, Malaysia
Duration: 26 Nov 202027 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2347
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering and Technology, ICAMET 2020
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityLangkawi
Period26/11/2027/11/20

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