Synthesis and Luminescence of Zinc Oxide Nanorods-Blended Thiopheno-Organosilicon Polymers

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dc.contributor.advisorIwuoha, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorTyombo, Nolukholo
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T09:48:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-09T10:52:02Z
dc.date.available2021-08-31T22:10:06Z
dc.date.available2024-05-09T10:52:02Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionMagister Scientiae - MSc (Chemistry)
dc.description.abstractThe increasing cost of fossil fuel energy production and its implication in environmental pollution and climate change created high demand for alternative and renewable sources of energy. This has led to great interest in research in the field of photovoltaic or solar cells Due to the abundance of sunlight, the technology is sustainable, non-polluting and can be implemented at places where power demand is needed, for example in rural areas. Solar cell devices that have been commercialized are currently based on silicon technology, involving the use of monocrystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous silicon. Although they produce highly efficient solar cells, the cost of Si solar cells is too high. Second generation solar cell materials such as cadmium telluride and third generation materials such as perovskites and organic polymers have been receiving much attention recently. However, they lack the efficiency of Si solar cells. This research proposes the development of high energy conservation photovoltaic cells from novel low-cost organosilicon polymers. The aim was to develop novel highly branched organosilane polymers such as poly(3-hexythiophene), polydi(thien-2-yl)dimethylsilane, poly(3-hexyl- [2,2'] bithiophenyl-5-yl)-dimethyl-thiophen-2yl-silane) as electron donors along with zinc oxide nanorod as the electron acceptor which were able to bring the efficiency of the resultant photovoltaic cell close to that of current Si solar cell.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/14647
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.subjectEnergy, Photovoltaics, Conductive polymers, Organosilicon, Thiophene, Optical bandgap, Electrochemical bandgap, Ultra-violet visible spectroscopy, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Cyclic voltammetry
dc.titleSynthesis and Luminescence of Zinc Oxide Nanorods-Blended Thiopheno-Organosilicon Polymers

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