Electrical properties of Al-, Cu-, Zn-rice husk charcoal junctions

Issue Date

2017

Abstract

Rice husk in the Philippines is considered as an agricultural waste. In order to utilize the material, one common technique is to carbonize these rice husks to produce charcoal briquettes. These materials are porous in nature exhibiting electrical properties from carbon structures. In this study, rice husk charcoals (RHC) were deposited on different metal substrates (Al, Cu, Zn) via a simple solution casting method. The deposited RHC on metal substrates was observed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The films were characterized using two-point probe technique and the I-V curves were plotted. Al-RHC films appear to deviate from an ohmic behaviour while Zn-RHC and Cu-RHC showed diode-like behaviours.

Source or Periodical Title

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

ISSN

1742-6588

Volume

817

Page

1-6

Document Type

Article

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Physical Description

illustrations, tables, graphs

Language

Emglish

Identifier

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/817/1/012015

Digital Copy

yes

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