A short note on the technical evaluation of chemistry of sol gel technology for renewable energy applications Chopra Kamal Nain1,3,*, Agarwal Shivani2,4 1Department of Applied Physics, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Rohini, New Delhi-110086, India 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Rohini, New Delhi-110086, India 3Former Scientist G, Laser Science and Technology Centre, Metcalfe House, Delhi-110086, India 4Former Research Scientist, Optical Materials Group, Department of Physics, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India *Corresponding author email id: kchopra2003@gmail.com
Online Published on 20 March, 2023. Abstract The sol gel technology is useful for both, growing of thin films on large objects of any shape, and synthesising ceramic materials of very high purity and homogeneity, especially at temperatures close to the room temperature, Though, quite old technique, it has recently drawn a lot of attention of the thin films technologists, as the technique is handy for coating the interiors of the objects, and also does not require the sophisticated coating units. The use of Sol Gel Technology for the fabrication of thin films of nanoporous NiOx (np-NiOx) having tremendous applications in increasing the efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells for producing renewable energy has been mentioned. The purpose of the present paper is to provide the theoretical analysis of the technology, besides giving a brief technical analysis of the important recent investigations on the topic for the novel applications including renewable energy. Top Keywords Sol gel technology, Chemistry of sols, Types of sols, Material processing, Organometallic precursors, Perovskite solar cells, Renewable energy. Top |