The dielectric behavior of both acetone and dimethylformamide (DMF) were examined in the presence of an electric field. The electrical conductivity of both solvents was used to estimate the complex permittivity of acetone and dimethylformamide. The relaxation time of the solvents...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/27742
Solar Cells The size effects of silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) on the performance of a dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) through successive ion layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) was investigated. A series of AgNPs with different SILAR cycles were synthesized on fluorine tin...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/24525
The Debye relaxation equation and its derivatives were used to analyze the experimental permittivity data of high purityPropan-1-ol and Propan-2-ol over the frequency up to 10GHz and temperature range of 10ºC to 50ºC. The plots of dielectric constant and loss factor against the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21662
Investigation has been done concerning the mitigation of geomagnetic storm (a type of space weather that has the potential to cause damage across the globe with a single event) using locally generated magnetic Indices obtained from geomagnetic data from ground based Magdas magnet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3356
Gamma radiation dose rate was measured at the base of 11 KV, 33 KV, 132 KV and 330 KV high tension lines (power lines) from different locations in Kaduna including Mando transmission sub-station using Radex 1503+ model. A total of about 187 measurements were taken and calculated....
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/35298
SCALE 6.1 code system and VENTURE-PC code system has been used for the core conversion of Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) from Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) system (90.2% enriched UAl4 fuel) to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) system (19.75% enriched UO2-zircaloy-4 fuel). All o...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23750
We reported an improved performance of a dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), sensitized with mango (Mangifera indica) leaves extract. Nano-crystalline titanium (TiO2) film electrodes were sensitized with aqueous extract of Mangifera indica and bougainvillea extract. The resulting...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24786
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was fabricated using natural dye extracted from Roselle flower. The sensitization performance related to interaction between the dye and titanium dioxide (TiO2) surface was evaluated under 100 mWcm-2 light intensity. The DSSC based on the Hibiscus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/24437
We reported an improved performance of a dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) modified fluorine tin oxide (FTO) electrode through successive ion layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR). The resulting photoelectrode was successfully incorporated in th...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24439
A comprehensive neutronics analysis using VENTURE-PC and SCALE 6.1 computer codes system has been performed for the core conversion study of Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1). The computed reactor core physics parameters include: group neutron fluxes profiles, power density dis...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23545
Aims: To identify and quantify prominent gamma emitting-NORMs associated with mining activities in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Study Design: Soil samples were collected from 10 different mine sites in Zamfara State, northwest-Nigeria for gamma spectroscopy analysis. Place and Duratio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3244
Heat flow stability profiles in the presence of external thermal field require careful qualitative treatment. The computational data must be considered to agree with realistic models. A hexagonal plate endowed with the thermal and material properties of a pure metal was chosen as...
An effort was made in this work to calculate the total ground state energy and electronic band structure of Fullerenes (C60), Graphite and Diamond using FHI-aims Density Functional Theory (DFT) code. The density functionals used are the local-density approximation (LDA) in the pa...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2018/41778
The influence of silver nanoparticles in dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) through successive ion layer adsorption and reaction was demonstrated. The results show that addition of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to titanium dioxide (TiO2) photo anode significantly improved the perfor...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25888