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Photoelectrochemical Study of Nanostructured ZnO Thin Films for Hydrogen Generation from Water Splitting
被引:429
作者:
Wolcott, Abraham
[1
]
Smith, Wilson A.
[2
]
Kuykendall, Tevye R.
[3
]
Zhao, Yiping
[2
]
Zhang, Jin Z.
[1
]
机构:
[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Chem & Biochem, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[2] Univ Georgia, Dept Phys & Astron, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Chem, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词:
OBLIQUE ANGLE DEPOSITION;
SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELLS;
MOTT-SCHOTTKY ANALYSIS;
TIO2;
FILMS;
NANOROD ARRAYS;
NANOTUBE ARRAYS;
ELECTRODES;
ENERGY;
GROWTH;
HETEROJUNCTIONS;
D O I:
10.1002/adfm.200801363
中图分类号:
O6 [化学];
学科分类号:
0703 ;
摘要:
Photoelectrochemical cells based on traditional and nanostructured ZnO thin films are investigated for hydrogen generation from water splitting. The ZnO thin films are fabricated using three different deposition geometries: normal pulsed laser deposition, pulsed laser oblique-angle deposition, and electron-beam glancing-angle deposition. The nanostructured films are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy and photoelectrochemical techniques. Normal pulsed laser deposition produces dense thin films with ca. 200 nm grain sizes, while oblique-angle deposition produces nanoplatelets with a fishscale morphology and individual features measuring ca. 900 by 450 nm on average. In contrast, glancing-angle deposition generates a highly porous, interconnected network of spherical nanoparticles of 15-40 nm diameter. Mott-Schottky plots show the flat band potential of pulsed laser deposition, oblique-angle deposition, and glancing-angle deposition samples to be -0.29, -0.28 and +0.20V, respectively. Generation of photocurrent is observed at anodic potentials and no limiting photocurrents; were observed with applied potentials up to 1.3 V for all photoelectrochemical cells. The effective photon-to-hydrogen efficiency is found to be 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.6% for pulsed laser deposition, oblique-angle deposition and glancing-angle deposition samples, respectively. The photoelectrochemical properties of the three types of films are understood to be a function of porosity, crystal defect concentration, charge transport properties and space charge layer characteristics.
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页码:1849 / 1856
页数:8
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