Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays
Low temperature hydrothermal method was used to produce a large surface area ZnO NRs on conductive glass. The same method was used to fabricate a photoelectrode of Ag2S quantum dots onto the nanorod arrays. Ag2S QDs/ZnO NRAs heterostructure was employed as photoanode in a standard 3-electrodes photo...
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| author | Holi, Araa Mebdir Zainal, Zulkarnain Ayal, Asmaa Kadim Chang, Sook Keng Lim, Hong Ngee Talib, Zainal Abidin Yap, Chi Chin |
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| description | Low temperature hydrothermal method was used to produce a large surface area ZnO NRs on conductive glass. The same method was used to fabricate a photoelectrode of Ag2S quantum dots onto the nanorod arrays. Ag2S QDs/ZnO NRAs heterostructure was employed as photoanode in a standard 3-electrodes photoelectrochemical cell. A significant enhancement in the photoelectrochemical performance was observed for the Ag2S QDs/ZnO upon heat treatment 400 °C which displayed an impressive photoconversion efficiency of 4.08% by achieving ∼10-times higher compared to bare ZnO NRAs. This enhancement was attributed to the improved morphological structure, crystallinity and optical properties of the synthesised heterostructures. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-724182020-06-04T04:32:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72418/ Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays Holi, Araa Mebdir Zainal, Zulkarnain Ayal, Asmaa Kadim Chang, Sook Keng Lim, Hong Ngee Talib, Zainal Abidin Yap, Chi Chin Low temperature hydrothermal method was used to produce a large surface area ZnO NRs on conductive glass. The same method was used to fabricate a photoelectrode of Ag2S quantum dots onto the nanorod arrays. Ag2S QDs/ZnO NRAs heterostructure was employed as photoanode in a standard 3-electrodes photoelectrochemical cell. A significant enhancement in the photoelectrochemical performance was observed for the Ag2S QDs/ZnO upon heat treatment 400 °C which displayed an impressive photoconversion efficiency of 4.08% by achieving ∼10-times higher compared to bare ZnO NRAs. This enhancement was attributed to the improved morphological structure, crystallinity and optical properties of the synthesised heterostructures. Elsevier 2018-10 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72418/1/Effect%20of%20heat%20treatment%20on%20photoelectrochemical%20performance.pdf Holi, Araa Mebdir and Zainal, Zulkarnain and Ayal, Asmaa Kadim and Chang, Sook Keng and Lim, Hong Ngee and Talib, Zainal Abidin and Yap, Chi Chin (2018) Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays. Chemical Physics Letters, 710. 100 - 107. ISSN 0009-2614; ESSN: 1873-4448 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009261418307024 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.08.069 |
| spellingShingle | Holi, Araa Mebdir Zainal, Zulkarnain Ayal, Asmaa Kadim Chang, Sook Keng Lim, Hong Ngee Talib, Zainal Abidin Yap, Chi Chin Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays |
| title | Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays |
| title_full | Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays |
| title_fullStr | Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays |
| title_short | Effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised Ag2S/ZnO nanorods arrays |
| title_sort | effect of heat treatment on photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally synthesised ag2s zno nanorods arrays |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72418/1/Effect%20of%20heat%20treatment%20on%20photoelectrochemical%20performance.pdf |
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