Non-photocatalytic electricity generation and thermoluminescence in natural hematite: Application in hydroelectric cell and dosimeter

IF 1.6 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111727

Pragya Pandit , Yatish R. Parauha , Singarayan Michelraj , S.J. Dhoble , V. Ganesh , Sanjeev Kimothi , A.K. Singh

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Abstract

Environmentally friendly hydroelectric power cells (HEC) and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TL) were manufactured using natural hematite. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies confirmed multimodal particle size range of 30–90 nm for natural hematite. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis confirmed mesoporous and nanoporous structure with average pore size of 30 nm. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, photoluminescence, ultraviolet–visible spectral analyses confirmed the presence of oxygen vacancies on the surface of hematite. Surface area of natural hematite was considerable (33.48 m²/g), band gap was small (1.7 eV), and porosity was high (31%). A square hematite hydroelectric power cell with an area of 4.84 cm² generated electricity by redox reaction and produced an open circuit voltage of 0.98 V, a stable short circuit current of 7.0 mA, and open circuit power of 6.86 mW. The TL annealing curve is recorded using a hematite sample annealed at different temperatures (100 °C–700 °C) and irradiated with a⁶⁰Co gamma source with different radiation doses (100 Gy, 15 kGy). Deconvolution analysis of the TL glow curve reveals a prominent single emission band at 178 °C and high linearity in the dose range from 2 kGy to 9 kGy for sample annealed at 400 °C. Oxygen vacancies, which function as luminous traps, are thought to be the cause of the cause of the observed behaviour. Chen's peak method and initial rise method are used to calculate trapping factors such as activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics.

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

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