Influence of Different Atomic Percentage of Silver Doped Nano Zinc Oxide on Titanium Dioxide Seeded Substrate

Authors

  • Siti Zulaikha Umbaidilah

  • Nur Amierah M. Asib

  • Nurul Afaah Abdullah

  • Mohamad Rusop

  • Zuraidah Khusaimi

How to Cite

Zulaikha Umbaidilah, S., Amierah M. Asib, N., Afaah Abdullah, N., Rusop, M., & Khusaimi, Z. (2019). Influence of Different Atomic Percentage of Silver Doped Nano Zinc Oxide on Titanium Dioxide Seeded Substrate. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7(4.14), 544-548. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.14.27787

Received date: February 22, 2019

Accepted date: February 22, 2019

Published date: December 24, 2019

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.14.27787

Keywords:

Ag-doped ZnO/TiO2, TiO2 seed layer, solution immersion method

Abstract

Non-doped ZnO/TiO2 and Silver (Ag) doped ZnO/TiO2 nanostructures thin film were successfully synthesized on glass substrate by using sol-gel spin coating technique for deposition of TiO2 seed layer and solution immersion method for growth of Ag-doped ZnO/TiO2 nanostructure. Different atomic percentage (at%) which is 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 at% of Ag doped were added in 0.4 M of Zn2+ solution. The EDX result revealed that the sample was composed of Zn, O and Ag elements which confirmed the existence of Ag element in the sample. The XRD spectra shows that the intensity of the (002) peak of 0.5 at % Ag-doped ZnO/TiO2 was the highest compared to other samples and all the samples revealed polycrystalline structure belonging to the ZnO hexagonal wurtzite type. The UV-vis absorbance also indicates that 0.5 at% Ag-doped ZnO/TiO2 has the highest absorbance and non-doped ZnO/TiO2 displayed the lowest absorbance compared to the other sample. Thus, 0.5 at% of Ag-doped ZnO/TiO2 is the best candidate for optical application due to the higher intensity and greater absorbance.

 

 

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Zulaikha Umbaidilah, S., Amierah M. Asib, N., Afaah Abdullah, N., Rusop, M., & Khusaimi, Z. (2019). Influence of Different Atomic Percentage of Silver Doped Nano Zinc Oxide on Titanium Dioxide Seeded Substrate. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7(4.14), 544-548. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.14.27787

Received date: February 22, 2019

Accepted date: February 22, 2019

Published date: December 24, 2019