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CdS nanoparticles sensitization of Al-doped ZnO nanorod array thin film with hydrogen treatment as an ITO/FTO-free photoanode for solar water splitting

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Title
CdS nanoparticles sensitization of Al-doped ZnO nanorod array thin film with hydrogen treatment as an ITO/FTO-free photoanode for solar water splitting
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Discover Nano, October 2012
DOI 10.1186/1556-276x-7-593
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Chih-Hsiung Hsu, Dong-Hwang Chen

Abstract

Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) nanorod array thin film with hydrogen treatment possesses the functions of transparent conducting oxide thin film and 1-D nanostructured semiconductor simultaneously. To enhance the absorption in the visible light region, it is sensitized by cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles which efficiently increase the absorption around 460 nm. The CdS nanoparticles-sensitized AZO nanorod array thin film with hydrogen treatment exhibits significantly improved photoelectrochemical property. After further heat treatment, a maximum short current density of 5.03 mA cm-2 is obtained under illumination. They not only are much higher than those without CdS nanoparticles sensitization and those without Al-doping and/or hydrogen treatment, but also comparable and even slightly superior to some earlier works for the CdS-sensitized zinc oxide nanorod array thin films with indium tin oxide (ITO) or fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) as substrates. This demonstrated successfully that the AZO nanorod array thin film with hydrogen treatment is quite suitable as an ITO/FTO-free photoanode and has great potentials in solar water splitting after sensitization by quantum dots capable of visible light absorption.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
India 1 3%
Saudi Arabia 1 3%
Unknown 34 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 39%
Student > Master 4 11%
Lecturer 3 8%
Researcher 3 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 6 17%
Unknown 4 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 6 17%
Physics and Astronomy 6 17%
Materials Science 4 11%
Engineering 3 8%
Social Sciences 3 8%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 9 25%
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#22,758,309
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