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    Controlled growth of 1D-ZnO nanotubes using one-step hot plate technique for CZTS heterojunction solar cells
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2020) Varadharajaperumal, S.; Alagarasan, D.; Ganesan, R.; Satyanarayan, M.N.; Hegde, G.
    Present work reports a simple, rapid, one-step hot plate technique for systematic growth transformation of highly oriented ZnO nanorods (ZNRs) into ZnO nanotubes (ZNTs). The controlled growth of ZnO nanostructures (nanorods and nanotubes) was achieved at low temperature (90 °C) in a short time (1hr) in a sealed weighing bottle (100 ml). It is observed that as the Zinc precursor concentration increases, a vertically grown ZnR morphology evolves into ZNT. The crystal structure of as-grown ZnO nanostructures, surface morphology, phase, and optical energy gap were respectively characterized by XRD, FESEM, Raman, XPS, CL and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Grown nanostructures are further explored for their application in CZTS based heterojunction photovoltaics. © 2019
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    Toxic-free surface level sulphur doped 1D Ti-Ox-Sy nanorods for superstrate heterojunction CZTS thin-film solar cells
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021) Varadharajaperumal, S.; Alagarasan, D.; Sripan, C.; Ganesan, R.; Satyanarayan, M.N.; Hegde, G.
    Surface level sulphur (S) doped TiO2 nanorods (S-TNRs) were fabricated via toxic-free novel three-step processes such as low-temperature hydrothermal method followed by thermal evaporation (S layer) and post-annealing (350 °C, 450 °C and 550 °C) techniques. Present work focuses on the comprehensive studies of surface level doping, structure, morphology and compositional properties of different temperature annealed S-TNRs for CZTS thin-film (Au/CZTS/S-TNRs/TNRs/FTO) solar cells. The oxidation states of incorporated S atoms in the TiO2 matrix were identified from X-ray photoelector spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. A reduction in bandgap for 350 °C annealed S-TNRs film was observed from UV-Vis spectroscopy. The electrical characteristics showed the fabricated solar cells strongly depend on the S-TNRs annealing temperature. Proposed technique would be useful in effective and controlled (surface level) doping of S atoms into any desired nanostructured metal oxides for optoelectronic applications and, further useful in fabricating cadmium (Cd) free buffer layer in chalcogenide solar cells. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd