The extraction behavior of zirconium(IV) from succinate (0.01 - 0.03 M) medium (25 mL) with 10 mL 3 % N-n-octylaniline in xylene was investigated. The pH range 3.7 - 5.0 was effective for the quantitative extraction of zirconium(IV). Zirconium(IV) was back extracted with 0.5 M HNO3 (3 x 5 mL). The method was free from interferences of a large number of cations and anions. Zirconium(IV) was separated from associated elements in its binary mixture with Mo(VI), Nb(V), Re(VII), La(III), Ti(IV), Th(IV) and Al(III). The proposed method was applied to synthetic mixtures. The results of analysis indicate that trace amounts of zirconium( IV) could be separated effectively from higher amounts of other elements. The method is simple, selective, rapid and eco-friendly.

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The liquid-liquid extraction of gallium(III) from hydrochloric acid solution using 2-octylaminopyridine (2-OAP) in chloroform was investigated. The extraction of gallium(III) from 6.0-9.0 mol dm -3 hydrochloric acid was found to be quantitative using 0.033 mol dm -3 2-OAP in chloroform. The effect of the reagent concentration and other parameters on the extraction of gallium(III) was also studied. The stoichiometry of the extracted species of gallium(III) was determined based on the slope analysis method. The extraction reaction proceeded via the anion exchange mechanism from hydrochloric acid and the extracted species was [RR'NH 2 + GaCl 4 -] org . The extraction of gallium(III) was performed in the presence of various ions to ascertain the tolerance limit to individual ions. The temperature dependence of the extraction equilibrium constants was examined to estimate the apparent thermodynamic functions (∆H, ∆S and ∆G) for the extraction reaction. Gallium(III) was successfully separated from commonly associated metal ions, such as Zn(II), Pb(II), Cd(II), Hg(II), Bi(III), Al(III), Se(IV), Sb(III), Sn(IV), In(III), Tl(I) and Tl(III). However, gallium(III) was separated from Fe(III) from weak organic acid media. The procedure was also extended to the determination of gallium(III) in bauxite ore by the standard addition method.

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A simple solvent extraction study of thallium(III) was conducted. Selective and quantitative extraction of thallium(III) by 2-octylaminopyridine (2-OAP) in chloroform occurred from aqueous sodium succinate medium (0.0075 M) at pH 3.0. Thallium(III) was back extracted with acetate buffer (pH 4.63). The effect of the concentration of succinate and 2-OAP, the role of various diluents, stripping agents, loading capacity of 2-OAP, equilibrium time and aqueous:organic volume ratio on the extraction of thallium(III) was studied. The stoichiometry of the extracted species was determined based on the slope analysis method and found to be 1: 2: 1 (metal:acid:extractant). The temperature dependence of the extraction equilibrium constant was also examined to estimate the apparent thermodynamic functions ?H, ?G and ?S for the extraction reaction. The method is free from interference of a large number of cations and anions. The method was used for the selective extraction of thallium(III) from its binary mixture with Zn(II), Cd(II), Hg(II), Bi(III), Pb(II), Se(IV), Te(IV), Sb(III), Ga(III), In(III), Al(III), Tl(I) and Fe(III). The proposed method was applied to the synthetic mixtures and alloys. It is simple, selective, rapid and eco-friendly.

Solar cell technology comes with unique temperature coefficients. These temperature coefficients are important and temperature of the solar cell has direct influence on the power output of a photovoltaic cells. CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell. Thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first top 10 producers in the world. The strong improvement in efficiency in the last 7 years was obtained by a new redesign of the CdTe solar cell device reaching a single solar cell. In this paper, we describe the fabrication process following the history of the solar cell as it was developed in the early years up to the latest development and changes. The configuration of fabricated cell is n-CdTe/NaOH (0.15 M) + S (0.15 M) + Na 2 S (0.15 M)/C (graphite) . The junction ideality factor was found to be 2.63, 2.13, and 1.89. The flat band potential is found to be −0.400, −0.450, −0.501 V. The barrier height value was found to be 0.523, 0.487, and 0.436 eV. The study of power output characteristic shows open circuit voltage, short circuit current, fill factor and efficiency were found to be 120 mV, 24.2 μA, 32.68%, 26.18%, and 19.73% and 0.63%, 0.37%, and 0.23%, respectively. The lighted ideality factor was calculated and found to be 3.26, 1.87, and 1.17. Spectra attain maximum value of current at λ = 580 nm and decrease with increase in wavelength. The photovoltaic cell characterization of the thin films is carried out by studying current-voltage characteristics in dark, capacitance-voltage in dark, barrier height measurements, power output characteristics.