Influence of reduced graphene oxide-TiO₂ composite nanofibers in organic indoline DN350 based dye sensitized solar cells

Patil, Jyoti V.,Mali, Sawanta S.,Shaikh, Jasmin S.,Patil, Akhilesh P.,Patil, Pramod S.,Hong, Chang Kook Elsevier 2019 Synthetic metals Vol.256 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>In this study, the highly efficient organic indoline DN350 based dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been fabricated using reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> composite nanofibers (NFs) and tested its photovoltaic properties. The influence of the rGO on the morphology, structural properties of the TiO<SUB>2</SUB> NFs have been characterized by various techniques. Our photovoltaic results revealed that the modified rGO-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> composite NFs exhibited higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) in comparison with the pristine-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> NFs. The electrochemical analysis indicated that the GO content provides more active sites results in higher dye adsorption which consequently improves the DSSCs performance. Our optimized sample containing 4 mg-rGO-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> NFs exhibited the best performance with 4.43% PCE, which is higher than the pristine-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> NFs (3.83%). Overall, this study presents the rGO-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> composite NFs as a novel strategy for enhancing the efficiency of the organic indoline DN350 based DSSCs.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Electrospun reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> composite nanofibers. </LI> <LI> rGO-TiO<SUB>2</SUB> composite nanofibers for organic indoline DN350 DSSCs. </LI> <LI> The 4.42% power conversion efficiency achieved for DSSC. </LI> </UL> </P>

Spherical crystallization of ezetimibe for improvement in physicochemical and micromeritic properties

Ashwini Patil,Yogesh Pore,Yogesh Gavhane,Shitalkumar Patil,Sachinkumar Patil 한국약제학회 2014 Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation Vol.44 No.3

Spherical agglomerates of ezetimibe (EZT)were prepared with hydrophilic polymers; polyvinyl pyrrolidoneK30 (PVP) and/or poloxamer 188 (poloxamer) atdrug to polymer ratios of 1:1 (w/w) by spherical crystallizationtechnique, in order to improve its physicochemicaland micromeritic properties. Three different bridging liquids;chloroform, dichloromethane and/or ethyl acetatealong with good solvent acetone and poor solvent waterwere used to form six batches of agglomerates. Initialcharacterization of all batches in terms of micromeritic andphysicochemical properties resulted in optimization of (A3,EZT:PVP:ethyl acetate) and (B3, EZT:poloxamer:ethylacetate) batches and hence further investigated for drug–polymer interaction, crystallinity and morphology usingFTIR, XRPD, DSC and SEM techniques. The resultsindicated presence of hydrogen bonding, crystallinity andspherical shape in agglomerates. Therefore, the optimizedagglomerates (B3) were directly compressed into tablet. Unfortunately, drug release from the tablet was not satisfactory,suggesting a need of disintegrant from dissolutionpoint of view. Therefore, these agglomerates were recompressedincorporating certain excipients and evaluated asper pharmacopoeia. The dissolution rate of prepared tabletwas similar to that of marketed tablet (p[0.05). It couldbe concluded that spherical crystallization could be one ofthe effective and alternative approaches for improvedperformance of EZT and its tablet formulation.

Anchoring MWCNTs to 3D honeycomb ZnO/GaN heterostructures to enhancing photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Patil, Santosh S.,Johar, Muhammad Ali,Hassan, Mostafa Afifi,Patil, Deepak R.,Ryu, Sang-Wan Elsevier 2018 Applied Catalysis B Vol.237 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Gallium nitride (GaN) is one of the ubiquitously known photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC-WS) due to its tunable band gap and favorable band edge positions. However, the unavoidable surface defects in GaN induces surface Fermi level pinning and surface band bending which severely reduces its PEC conversion efficiency. Constructing heterostructure is the key to approaching better charge separation efficiency and light harvesting ability for PEC-WS. Considering this, we have fabricated ternary heterostructure of GaN/ZnO/MWCNTs photoanode by combining metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD), hydrothermal and ‘dip and dry’ methods. FE-SEM results showed the formation of 3D hierarchical honeycomb structure of ZnO on GaN thin film surface when MWCNTs are added into hydrothermal reaction. We investigate the advantage of ZnO honeycomb structure in enhancing the solar PEC-WS performance of GaN photoanode. The synergy of incorporating MWCNTs has resulted into improvement in surface morphology, electron transportation and light harvesting capability. The as obtained ternary heterostructure exhibits photocurrent (<I>J</I> <SUB>ph</SUB>) of 3.02 mA/cm<SUP>2</SUP> at 0 V versus Pt electrode under 1-sun light illumination which is about 2.58 times higher than that of pristine GaN photoanodes (<I>J</I> <SUB>ph</SUB> = 1.14 mA/cm<SUP>2</SUP>).</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Constructing GaN/ZnO heterostructure enhances charge separation and PEC performance. </LI> <LI> MWCNTs act as structure directing agent and photosensitizer. </LI> <LI> MWCNTs modified porous hierarchical 3D honeycomb ZnO/GaN heterostructures are presented. </LI> <LI> The ternary heterostructure GaN/ZnO/MWCNTs promises unassisted water splitting. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>Synthesis of ternary heterostructure GaN/ZnO/MWCNTs with porous 3D hierarchical honeycomb structures has been demonstrated. As fabricated ternary heterostructure GaN/ZnO/MWCNTs photoanode promises unassisted PEC water splitting with enhanced photocurrent density of 3.02 mA/cm<SUP>2</SUP>, approximately ∼2.58 times higher than that of pristine GaN photoanode.</P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Graphene-wrapped Ag 3 PO 4 /LaCO 3 OH heterostructures for water purification under visible light

Patil, Santosh S.,Mali, Mukund G.,Roy, Animesh,Tamboli, Mohaseen S.,Deonikar, Virendrakumar G.,Patil, Deepak R.,Kulkarni, Milind V.,Al-Deyab, Salem S.,Yoon, Sam S.,Kolekar, Sanjay S.,Kale, Bharat B. Elsevier 2016 Journal of energy chemistry Vol.25 No.5

<P>We demonstrated a unique synthesis approach of graphene (GR)-wrapped Ag3PO4/LaCO3OH (APO/LCO) heterostructures by an in-situ wet chemical method. FESEM analysis reveals the formation of rhombic dodecahedrons of APO decorated with LCO and later wrapped with GR flakes. Optical studies shows two absorption edges corresponding to the band gap energies of APO (2.41 eV) and LCO (4.1 eV). Considering the absorption edge of the heterostructures in the visible region, the photocatalytic activities of photocatalysts containing different APO/LCO mass ratios were evaluated by the degradation of MB. GR-decorated composite with 20% LCO (APO/LCO20/GR) exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity for MB degradation, with a rate constant, k of 0.541 min(-1). The photocatalytic activity of APO/LCO20/GR more greatly enhanced than those of the individual constituents (APO, LCO, APO/LCO20). The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the heterostructure can be attributed to the co-catalytic effect of LCO as well as intriguing physicochemical properties of GR. To understand the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the heterostructures the photocatalytic reaction mechanism is proposed in detail. The recyclability of the APO/LCO/GR composite photocatalyst is further evaluated by reusing the catalyst in replicate photocatalytic experiments which shows consistent photocatalytic activity thereby confirms the stability and reusability of heterostructure photocatalyst. (C) 2016 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.</P>

Structural and electrical properties of NASICON type solid electrolyte nanoscaled glass-ceramic powder by mechanical milling for thin film batteries.

Patil, Vaishali,Patil, Arun,Yoon, Seok-Jin,Choi, Ji-Won American Scientific Publishers 2013 Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol.13 No.5

<P>During last two decades, lithium-based glasses have been studied extensively as electrolytes for solid-state secondary batteries. For practical use, solid electrolyte must have high ionic conductivity as well as chemical, thermal and electrochemical stability. Recent progresses have focused on glass electrolytes due to advantages over crystalline solid. Glass electrolytes are generally classified into two types oxide glass and sulfide glass. Oxide glasses do not react with electrode materials and this chemical inertness is advantageous for cycle performances of battery. In this study, major effort has been focused on the improvement of the ion conductivity of nanosized LiAlTi(PO4)3 oxide electrolyte prepared by mechanical milling (MM) method. After heating at 1000 degrees C the material shows good crystallinity and ionic conductivity with low electronic conductivity. In LiTi2(PO4)3, Ti4+ ions are partially substituted by Al3+ ions by heat-treatment of Li20-Al2O3-TiO2-P2O5 glasses at 1000 degrees C for 10 h. The conductivity of this material is 1.09 x 10(-3) S/cm at room temp. The glass-ceramics show fast ion conduction and low E(a) value. It is suggested that high conductivity, easy fabrication and low cost make this glass-ceramics promising to be used as inorganic solid electrolyte for all-solid-state Li rechargeable batteries.</P>

Genetic relatedness among Helicoverpa armigera ($H\"{u}bner$) occurring on different host plants as revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA markers

Patil Suvarna,Bashasab Fakrudin,Vijaykumar Vijaykumar,Basavanagoud Basavanagoud,Kuruvinashetti Mahaling S,Patil Basavaraj V Korean Society of Applied Entomology 2006 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.9 No.3

The genetic relatedness among Helicoverpa armigera ($H\"{u}bner$) occurring on different host plants prevailing in South India was studied using PCR-RAPD. Genomic DNA was isolated individually from five larvae collected from each of 10 different host plants (except in okra). PCR-RAPD analysis was carried out using a set of 20 random primers which had produced repeatable banding patterns from a original set of 60 primers. A set of 155 amplicon levels were available for analysis, of which 154 were polymorphic. An average of 7.75 bands per primer was recorded. Similarity coefficients based on the frequency of band sharing among host strains varied from 0.25 in cotton and sunflower to 0.72 in groundnut. Clustering analysis on the basis of the PCR-RAPD-generating band sharing indicated that most of the individuals occurring on niger, safflower, green gram, abutilon and lagasca clustered together, indicating greater genetic similarity among themselves, than those occurring on other crops. Furthermore, the pattern of genetic variation in the individuals collected from niger, safflower, green gram, groundnut, abutilon and lagasca was seem to be largely host-dependent.

Investigations on silver/polyaniline electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitors

Patil, Dipali S.,Shaikh, J. S.,Pawar, S. A.,Devan, R. S.,Ma, Y. R.,Moholkar, A. V.,Kim, J. H.,Kalubarme, R. S.,Park, C. J.,Patil, P. S. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 Physical chemistry chemical physics Vol.14 No.34

<P>Polyaniline (PANI) and silver doped polyaniline (Ag/PANI) thin films were deposited on stainless steel substrates by a dip coating technique. To study the effect of doping concentration of Ag on the specific capacitance of PANI the concentration of Ag was varied from 0.3 to 1.2 weight percent. Fourier transform-infrared and Fourier transform-Raman spectroscopy, and energy dispersion X-ray techniques were used for the phase identification and determination of the doping content in the PANI films, respectively. The surface morphology of the films was examined by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, which revealed a nanofiber like structure for PANI and nanofibers with bright spots of Ag particles for the Ag/PANI films. There was decrease in the room temperature electrical resistivity of the Ag/PANI films of the order of 10<SUP>2</SUP> with increasing Ag concentration. The supercapacitive behavior of the electrodes was tested in a three electrode system using 1.0 M H<SUB>2</SUB>SO<SUB>4</SUB> electrolyte. The specific capacitance increased from 285 F g<SUP>−1</SUP> (for PANI) to 512 F g<SUP>−1</SUP> for Ag/PANI at 0.9 weight percent doping of Ag, owing to the synergic effect of PANI and silver nanoparticles. This work demonstrates a simple strategy of improving the specific capacitance of polymer electrodes and may also be easily adopted for other dopants.</P> <P>Graphic Abstract</P><P>The presence of Ag nanoparticles on PANI nanofibers provides a least resistance path to electron transportation. <IMG SRC='http://pubs.rsc.org/services/images/RSCpubs.ePlatform.Service.FreeContent.ImageService.svc/ImageService/image/GA?id=c2cp41757j'> </P>

[<b>ARTICLE WITHDRAWN</b>] Solid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Thin Film Lithium Batteries: A Review

Patil, Arun,Patil, Vaishali,Choi, Ji-Won,Kim, Jin-Sang,Yoon, Seok-Jin American Scientific Publishers 2017 Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol.17 No.1

<P>This reviews the history and the present status of the research and development of solid electrolyte in the lithium battery, and presents an outlook of the future research and development activities. The paper also introduces the improvement of lithium polymer secondary batteries using solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with the performance and the applications of its present commercial products. We have tried to focus on the study of these advanced solid inorganic and polymer electrolytes by evaluating their use in rechargeable lithium batteries. Important factors for the solid electrolyte such as effect of preparative parameters, characterization techniques, parameters for the battery performance, importance of ionic conductivity has been explained. This article is the story of the development of solid electrolyte and it describes how the difficulties were surmounted. This review focuses first on the present status of lithium battery technology, then on its near future development and finally it examines important new directions aimed at achieving quantum jumps in energy and power content.</P>

Investigations on Nanocomposites of Silver Nanosticks and Polyaniline for Supercapacitor Application

Patil, Dipali S.,Pawar, S. A.,Mali, S. S.,Hong, C. K.,Kim, J. H.,Patil, P. S.,Shin, J. C. American Scientific Publishers 2017 Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol.17 No.6

<P>Silver nanosticks-polyaniline (AgNS-PANI) thin films are deposited on stainless steel substrates by a dip coating technique. The surface morphology of the films is examined by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, which revealed the presence of AgNSs on PANI background. There is decrease in the room temperature electrical resistivity observed for the sample AgNS-PANI of the order of 10(2). The highest specific capacitance of 628 Fg(-1) at 5 mVs(-1) and energy density of 76.30 Wh kg(-1) at 1 mA cm(-2) is observed for the AgNS-PANI indicating positive effect of AgNSs. The cyclic life of sample AgNS-PANI is measured and the specific capacitance is found to decline by about 17% after 2000 cycles.</P>

Facile Preparation and Enhanced Capacitance of the Ag-PEDOT:PSS/Polyaniline Nanofiber Network for Supercapacitors

Patil, D.S.,Pawar, S.A.,Kim, J.H.,Patil, P.S.,Shin, J.C. Pergamon Press 2016 Electrochimica Acta Vol. No.

This paper reports the synthesis of a silver - Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate)/Polyaniline(Ag-PEDOT:PSS/PANI)hybrid nanostructure using a simple dip coating technique followed by potentiodynamic electrodeposition to achieve an electrochemical supercapacitor with excellent electrochemical performance. In this sandwich type structure, the Ag nanostructure-blended PEDOT: PSS acts as a current collector, where electrons can be transferred easily through this network to the PANI nanofibers and vice versa. The AgNW-PEDOT:PSS/PANI showed a specific capacitance of 643 Fg<SUP>-1</SUP> at 10 mVs<SUP>-1</SUP> and an energy density of 86.19 Whkg<SUP>-1</SUP> at 0.1mA, indicating the positive synergistic effect of silver nanowires (AgNW), PEDOT:PSS and PANI. The Ag nanostructure incorporated PEDOT:PSS helps to improve the electronic conductivity and the electrochemical stability of the PANI electrodes. Promising electrochemical properties achieved from the measurement of symmetric device demonstrate the ideal capacitive behavior of our prepared electrodes.