DETERMINATION OF THE FLAT-BAND POTENTIAL OF SEMICONDUCTOR PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION BY PHOTOVOLTAGE MEASUREMENT

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作者
ROY, AM
DE, GC
SASMAL, N
BHATTACHARYYA, SS
机构
[1] Department of Chemical Technology, Calcutta University, Calcutta, 700 009, 92 Acharya Prafulla, Chandra Road
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10.1016/0360-3199(94)00105-9
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The flatband potentials, E(fb), of CdS and CdS/Ag2S (1.5wt%) particles have been determined from photovoltage measurements in the presence of electron acceptor methyl viologen (MV(2+)). Measurements have been taken whilst irradiating the semiconductor suspensions with visible light. This is one of the simplest and newly developed techniques for the determination of the E(fb) of semiconductors. The E(fb) for CdS and CdS/Ag2S (1.5wt%) are found to be -0.724 V and -0.761 V respectively vs SCE at pH 14.
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