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.

Enhanced photoelectrocatalytic water oxidation using CoPi modified GaN/MWCNTs composite photoanodes

Patil, Santosh S.,Johar, Muhammad A.,Hassan, Mostafa A.,Patil, Deepak R.,Ryu, Sang-Wan Elsevier 2019 SOLAR ENERGY -PHOENIX ARIZONA THEN NEW YORK- Vol.178 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>GaN is promising material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation owing to its adjustable band gap and suitable band edge locations, which straddle the H<SUP>+</SUP>/H<SUB>2</SUB> and O<SUB>2</SUB>/H<SUB>2</SUB>O redox conditions. However, due to its wide band gap and unavoidable surface defects, the PEC conversion efficiency of GaN is insufficient to be used for practical applications. To improve the PEC efficiency of GaN, we report fabrication of a cobalt phosphate (CoPi)-modified GaN/multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite photoanode through combination of metal organic chemical vapor deposition, dip and dry methods, and electrodeposition. Here, GaN photoanodes with different MWCNT surface coverages were obtained by cost effective ‘dip and dry’ method. Different deposition cycles were performed to prepare a series of samples, which were evaluated for their photoelectrochemical water oxidation. The highest photocurrent density (<I>J</I> <SUB>ph</SUB>) of 2.23 mA/cm<SUP>2</SUP> at (0 V vs. Pt electrode) was achieved in a sample with moderate incorporation of MWCNTs, formed by through three cycles of the dip and dry coating (i.e., GaN/MWCNT 3T). We attribute this result to the MWCNTs facilitating light sensitization. However, excessive MWCNT loading produced a shielding effect, which lowered the photocurrent density, and an undesirable two-plateau photocurrent behavior indicating sluggish reaction kinetics. The maximum photocurrent density <I>J</I> <SUB>ph</SUB> of 2.81 mA/cm<SUP>2</SUP>, (vs. Pt electrode) with solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency 0.91% was achieved for GaN/MWCNTs 3T/CoPi ternary composite photoanode, which was approximately 2.51 and 1.26 times as high as that of bare GaN and GaN/MWCNTs 3T photoanodes.</P> <P><B>Highlights:</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Combining GaN with MWCNTs improves the light harvesting capability. </LI> <LI> Large amount of MWCNTs negatively affected PEC performance. </LI> <LI> The GaN/MWCNTs/CoPi composite photoanode promises unassisted water splitting. </LI> <LI> The PEC activity was improved, approximately 2.51 times higher compare to bare GaN. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Structural and electrochemical properties of Nichrome anode thin films for lithium battery

Patil, Arun,Patil, Vaishali,Choi, Ji-Won,Kim, Hyun-Jai,Cho, Bong-Hee,Yoon, Seok-Jin Springer-Verlag 2009 Journal of electroceramics Vol.23 No.2

Electrospinning: A versatile technique for making of 1D growth of nanostructured nanofibers and its applications: An experimental approach

Patil, Jyoti V.,Mali, Sawanta S.,Kamble, Archana S.,Hong, Chang K.,Kim, Jin H.,Patil, Pramod S. Elsevier 2017 APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE - Vol.423 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>One dimensional (1D) metal oxide nanostructures (1D-MONS) play a key role in the development of functional devices including energy conversion, energy storage and environmental devices. They are also used for some important biomedical products like wound dressings, filter media, drug delivery and tissue engineering. The electrospinning (ES) is the versatile technique for making of 1D growth of nanostructured nanofibers, an experimental approach and its applications. The present review is focused on the 1D growth of nanostructured nanofibers in different applications like dye sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, redox flow batteries, supercapacitor, photocatalytic, and gas sensors based on ZnO, TiO<SUB>2,</SUB> MnO<SUB>2,</SUB> WO<SUB>3,</SUB> V<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB>, NiO, SnO<SUB>2,</SUB> Fe<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB> etc. metal oxides, their composites and carbon. This review article presents an introduction to various types of ES techniques and their technical details. Also, the advantages and disadvantages of each ES technique are summarized. The various technical details such as preparative parameters, post-deposition methods, applied electric field, solution feed rate and a distance between a tip to the collector are the key factors in order to obtain exotic 1D nanostructured materials. Also, the lucid literature survey on the growth of nanostructures of various metal oxides and application in different fields are covered in this review. Further, the future perspectives has also been discussed.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Electrospinning Technique: Current state-of-the-art. </LI> <LI> 1D TiO<SUB>2</SUB> nanofibers. </LI> <LI> Experimental Approaches. </LI> <LI> Application towards energy conversion, energy storage, environmental and biomedical applications. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Electrochromic performance of the mixed V₂O₅-WO₃ thin films synthesized by pulsed spray pyrolysis technique

Patil, C.E.,Tarwal, N.L.,Jadhav, P.R.,Shinde, P.S.,Deshmukh, H.P.,Karanjkar, M.M.,Moholkar, A.V.,Gang, M.G.,Kim, J.H.,Patil, P.S. Elsevier 2014 Current Applied Physics Vol.14 No.3

Vanadium pentoxide (V<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB>) mixed tungsten trioxide (WO<SUB>3</SUB>) thin films have been synthesized by a novel pulsed spray pyrolysis technique (PSPT) on glass and fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrates at 400 <SUP>o</SUP>C. Aqueous solutions of equimolar vanadium chloride and ammonium tungstate were mixed in volume proportions (5%, 10% and 15%) for the deposition of V<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB>-WO<SUB>3</SUB> thin films. The structural, morphological, optical and electrochemical properties of V<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB>-WO<SUB>3</SUB> thin films were investigated by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and chronocoulometry techniques. The results showed that the electrochemical properties of V<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB> were altered by mixing WO<SUB>3</SUB>. All the films exhibited cathodic electrochromism in lithium containing electrolyte (0.5 M LiClO<SUB>4</SUB> + propylene carbonate (PC)). Maximum coloration efficiency (CE) of about 49 cm<SUP>2</SUP> C<SUP>-1</SUP> was observed for the V<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB> film mixed with 15% WO<SUB>3</SUB>. The electrochemical stability of the sample was examined and it was found to be stable up to 1000 cycles.

An approach towards TiO2 chrysanthemum flowers with tunable properties: influence of reaction time in hydrothermal process

Patil, P. B.,Mali, S. S.,Kondalkar, V. V.,Khot, K. V.,Mane, R. M.,Hong, C. K.,Patil, P. S.,Kim, J. H.,Bhosale, P. N. Springer Science + Business Media 2015 Journal of materials science Materials in electron Vol.26 No.8

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>

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>

Polyaniline based electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitor: Synergistic effect of silver, activated carbon and polyaniline

Patil, D.S.,Pawar, S.A.,Devan, R.S.,Mali, S.S.,Gang, M.G.,Ma, Y.R.,Hong, C.K.,Kim, J.H.,Patil, P.S. Elsevier Sequoia 2014 Journal of electroanalytical chemistry Vol.724 No.-

The composite thin films of Silver-activated carbon/polyaniline (Ag-AC/PANI) have been deposited on stainless steel substrates by a facile dip coating technique. The formation of Ag-AC/PANI electrode is analyzed by Fourier transform infrared, Fourier transform-Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy revealed the presence of Ag nanoparticles on the porous spongy background of PANI. The highest specific capacitance of 567Fg<SUP>-1</SUP>at 5mVs<SUP>-1</SUP> and energy density of 86.30Whkg<SUP>-1</SUP> at 1mAcm<SUP>-2</SUP> is observed for the Ag-AC/PANI indicating positive synergistic effect of silver, activated carbon and PANI. In which silver nanoparticles help in improving the electronic conductivity and activated carbon enhances the electrochemical stability of the PANI electrodes.