Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue

The present work is focused on the photocatalytic activities of Al-doped ZnO sample deposited with different layers on glass substrate. The Al-doped ZnO sample was prepared via simple and cost effectiveness chemical precipitation method with addition of 5 wt. % of Aluminum chloride as dopant. All...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liszulfah Roza, Vivi Fauzia, Mohd. Yusri Abd. Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/1/21.pdf
_version_ 1848813985202176000
author Liszulfah Roza,
Vivi Fauzia,
Mohd. Yusri Abd. Rahman,
author_facet Liszulfah Roza,
Vivi Fauzia,
Mohd. Yusri Abd. Rahman,
author_sort Liszulfah Roza,
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The present work is focused on the photocatalytic activities of Al-doped ZnO sample deposited with different layers on glass substrate. The Al-doped ZnO sample was prepared via simple and cost effectiveness chemical precipitation method with addition of 5 wt. % of Aluminum chloride as dopant. All materials were dissolved in mixture of 45 mL ethylene glycol and 15 mL deionized water while the growth process was carried out at temperature 200 °C for 30 min assisted with stirring process at 550 rpm using hotplate. The precipitated of as prepared sample were deposited with different layers on glass substrate using spin coating process. The samples were characterized by UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Raman spectroscopy, and photoluminescence to investigate the optical properties and crystal structure of ZnO sample. In particular, according to UV-Vis the absorption spectra of the sample significantly increase as the number of layers increase. Meanwhile, Raman and photoluminescence analysis indicate that the sample contains lots of structural defect as a result of the incorporation of ion Al into ZnO lattice. The photocatalytic activity of Al-doped ZnO thin film with different layers was evaluated in degradation of methyl blue solution under UV light illumination. The best photocatalytic activity was observed from 6 layers of Al-doped ZnO thin film within 45 min of exposure to UV light illumination. This study may open a versatile route to achieving high efficiency of photocatalytic activity of ZnO.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T00:26:53Z
format Article
id oai:generic.eprints.org:16174
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T00:26:53Z
publishDate 2020
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:161742021-02-13T13:33:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/ Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue Liszulfah Roza, Vivi Fauzia, Mohd. Yusri Abd. Rahman, The present work is focused on the photocatalytic activities of Al-doped ZnO sample deposited with different layers on glass substrate. The Al-doped ZnO sample was prepared via simple and cost effectiveness chemical precipitation method with addition of 5 wt. % of Aluminum chloride as dopant. All materials were dissolved in mixture of 45 mL ethylene glycol and 15 mL deionized water while the growth process was carried out at temperature 200 °C for 30 min assisted with stirring process at 550 rpm using hotplate. The precipitated of as prepared sample were deposited with different layers on glass substrate using spin coating process. The samples were characterized by UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Raman spectroscopy, and photoluminescence to investigate the optical properties and crystal structure of ZnO sample. In particular, according to UV-Vis the absorption spectra of the sample significantly increase as the number of layers increase. Meanwhile, Raman and photoluminescence analysis indicate that the sample contains lots of structural defect as a result of the incorporation of ion Al into ZnO lattice. The photocatalytic activity of Al-doped ZnO thin film with different layers was evaluated in degradation of methyl blue solution under UV light illumination. The best photocatalytic activity was observed from 6 layers of Al-doped ZnO thin film within 45 min of exposure to UV light illumination. This study may open a versatile route to achieving high efficiency of photocatalytic activity of ZnO. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/1/21.pdf Liszulfah Roza, and Vivi Fauzia, and Mohd. Yusri Abd. Rahman, (2020) Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue. Sains Malaysiana, 49 (12). pp. 3089-3095. ISSN 0126-6039 https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid49bil12_2020/KandunganJilid49Bil12_2020.html
spellingShingle Liszulfah Roza,
Vivi Fauzia,
Mohd. Yusri Abd. Rahman,
Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
title Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
title_full Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
title_fullStr Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
title_full_unstemmed Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
title_short Influence of multilayer Al-doped ZnO thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
title_sort influence of multilayer al-doped zno thin film on photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16174/1/21.pdf