Enhanced PEC characteristics for CdSe polycrystalline film electrodes prepared by combined electrochemical/Chemical bath depositions

被引：22

作者：

Zyoud, Ahed ^{[1
]}

Abdul-Rahman, Nour N. ^{[1
]}

Campet, Guy ^{[2
]}

Park, DaeHoon ^{[3
]}

Kwon, Hansang ^{[4
]}

Kim, Tae Woo ^{[5
]}

Choi, Hyun-Jong ^{[5
]}

Helal, Mohammed H. S. ^{[6
]}

Hilal, Hikmat S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] An Najah Natl Univ, Chem, SSERL, Nablus, Palestine

[2] Univ Bordeaux, ICMCB, Ave Dr A Shweitzer, Bordeaux, France

[3] Dansuk Ind Co Ltd, 1239-5 Jeongwang Dorig, Shiheung Si 429913, Kyonggi Do, South Korea

[4] Pukyong Natl Univ, Dept Mat Syst Engn, 365 Sinseonro, Busan 608739, South Korea

[5] Korea Inst Energy Res, Energy Mat Lab, 152 Gajeong Ro, Daejeon City 34129, South Korea

[6] Dept Elect & Comp Engn, ED111,1001 Ta Hsueh Rd, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan

来源：

JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 2016年 / 774卷

关键词：

CdSe film electrodes; Electrochemical deposition; Chemical bath deposition; Combined electrochemical/chemical bath deposition; Photo-electrochemistry; Conversion efficiency enhancement; Stability enhancement; THIN-FILMS; COOLING RATE; SEM; XRD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.04.048

中图分类号：

O65 [分析化学];

学科分类号：

070302 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Polycrystalline CdSe films have been deposited onto fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO/glass) substrates by three different techniques, electrochemical deposition (ECD), chemical bath deposition (CBD) and, for the first time, combined ECD and CBD (ECD/CBD). The films were comparatively characterized-by photoluminescence spectra (PL), electronic absorption spectra, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The SEM micrographs show that the films involved rod shaped agglomerates with various lengths and widths. XRD patterns show that the three systems involved nano-sized CdSe particles with cubic type crystals. Based on Scherrer's equation, the ECD film showed larger particle size than the CBD film, while the ECD/CBD film showed largest particles among the series. Similarly, the band gap values varied for different films as CBD > ECD > ECD/CBD. Photo electrochemical (PEC) characteristics, including photo-current density vs. voltage (J-V) plots, conversion efficiency (eta), fill factor (FF) and stability were all studied for different film electrodes. The films exhibited n-type behaviors with direct band gaps. The new ECD/CBD-CdSe electrode exhibited higher conversion efficiency (eta%similar to 4.40) than other counterparts. The results show the added value of combining ECD and CBD methods in enhancing PEC characteristics of CdSe film electrodes, even with no additional treatment. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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