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Dip Coating: Simple Way of Coating Thin Films

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Dip coating (DC) is the utmost ancient, extensively used and commercially available thin film deposition process among several wet chemical thin film deposition approaches. This chapter explores the introduction, literature, experimental setup, reaction mechanism, effect of preparative parameters along with advantages and disadvantages of dip coating methods. This chapter summarizes experimental arrangement with growth kinetics, role of various preparative parameters inclusive of the key achievements made in the field of nanostructure thin film deposited through dip coating. Case studies of the dip coating method have been included separately with their application towards gas sensor, supercapacitor electrode and counter electrode in a dye sensitized solar cell.

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Abbreviations

ADDC:

Angle Dependent Dip Coating

CE:

Counter Electrode

CNT:

Carbon Nanotubes

DDW:

Double Distilled Water

DSSC:

Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

FTO:

Fluorine doped tin oxide

LPG:

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

MWCNT’s:

Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes

PDOT:PSS:

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate

SS:

Stainless Steel

TE:

Thermal Energy

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  1. DDSP Arts, Commerce and Science College, Erandol, 425109, Maharashtra, India

    Savita L. Patil

  2. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur, 416006, Maharashtra, India

    Suraj R. Sankapal

  3. Department of Physics, Radfan College, University of Aden, Aden, Yemen

    Faizal M. A. Almuntaser

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Patil, S., Sankapal, S.R., Almuntaser, F.M.A. (2023). Dip Coating: Simple Way of Coating Thin Films. In: Sankapal, B.R., Ennaoui, A., Gupta, R.B., Lokhande, C.D. (eds) Simple Chemical Methods for Thin Film Deposition. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0961-2_10

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