ZnO thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering: Effects of the annealing and atmosphere conditions on the photocatalytic hydrogen production

被引：75

作者：

Alfaro Cruz, M. R. ^{[1
]}

Ceballos-Sanchez, O. ^{[2
]}

Luevano-Hipolito, E. ^{[1
]}

Torres-Martinez, L. M. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, CONACYT, Fac Ingn Civil, Dept Ecomat & Energia, San Nicolas De Los Garza 66455, NL, Mexico

[2] Univ Guadalajara, Dept Ingn Proyectos, CUCEI, Zapopan 45100, Jalisco, Mexico

[3] Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Fac Ingn Civil, Dept Ecomat Energia, San Nicolas De Los Garza 66455, NL, Mexico

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY | 2018年 / 43卷 / 22期

关键词：

ZnO thin films; RF sputtering; Hydrogen production; Photocatalysis; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; METHYLENE-BLUE; WATER; NANOPARTICLES; DEGRADATION; ORIENTATION; GENERATION; STRESS; ARRAYS; H-2;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.054

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

This work studied the effect of different annealing conditions of ZnO thin films grown by RF magnetron sputtering and their application as photocatalysts for hydrogen production without any sacrificial agent or co-catalyst. ZnO films were annealed in air, nitrogen, and argon atmospheres to study the effect of their physical properties in the photocatalytic activity. ZnO films showed high crystallinity and optical transparence of around 75-90% after annealing. Changes in composition and optical properties of the ZnO films were studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ellipsometry spectroscopy (SE), and results were correlated with the photocatalytic performance in hydrogen production. The highest photocatalytic hydrogen production was obtained with the ZnO thin film annealed in an air atmosphere with a result of 76 mu mol. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：10301 / 10310

页数：10

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