Synthesis of ZnO Nanostructures and Their Influence on Photoelectrochemical Response for Solar Driven Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen

Sudhakar Shet; Heli Wang; Todd Deutsch; Nuggehalli Ravindra; Yanfa Yan; John Turner; Mowafak Al-Jassim

Synthesis of ZnO Nanostructures and Their Influence on Photoelectrochemical Response for Solar Driven Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen

Sudhakar Shet, Heli Wang, Todd Deutsch, Nuggehalli Ravindra, Yanfa Yan, John Turner, Mowafak Al-Jassim

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Abstract

We have investigated the structural properties, optical absorption, and PEC responses for ZnO nanostructures. All the films were deposited on fluorine doped tin oxide coated glass. We found that the presence of N₂ in the growth ambient help to promote the formation of aligned nanorods at high substrate temperature of 500°C, resulting in the significantly enhanced PEC response, compared to ZnO(Ar) films deposited in pure Ar gas ambient. A porous ZnO nanocoral structure synthesized using two step process provides a large surface area, superior light trapping, and an excellent pathway for carrier transport, resulted in a significantly increased PEC response compared to the compact ZnO thin films. Our results suggest that synthesis method can be used to produce desired properties of thin films and nanostructures may help to improve PEC performance.

Original language	American English
Pages	2354-2364
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 2010
Event	Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2010, MS and T'10 - Houston, TX, United States Duration: 17 Oct 2010 → 21 Oct 2010

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Conference	Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2010, MS and T'10
Country/Territory	United States
City	Houston, TX
Period	17/10/10 → 21/10/10

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5200-51620

Keywords

Band gap
Crystallinity
Gas ambient
N concentration
Nanocoral
Nanorod
Photoelectrochemical
RF power
Sputter
ZnO

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Synthesis of ZnO Nanostructures and Their Influence on Photoelectrochemical Response for Solar Driven Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen. / Shet, Sudhakar; Wang, Heli; Deutsch, Todd et al.
2010. 2354-2364 Paper presented at Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2010, MS and T'10, Houston, TX, United States.

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