Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/6792
Title: Growth of CdS thin films and nanowires for flexible photoelectrochemical cells
Authors: Demirci Sankır, Nurdan
Doğan, Bahadır
Keywords: Cadmium sulfide
Nanocrystal
Thin film
Nanowire
dc-Electrochemical deposition
Optical properties
Photoelectrochemical cell
Publisher: Elsevier Science Sa
Abstract: In this study, cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanocrystal thin films and nanowires have been deposited onto mechanically flexible substrates via dc-electrodeposition, which is a very suitable technique for large area manufacturing. For the first time with this study, flexible CdS nanocrystal thin films were integrated into photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells and their performances were compared with CdS nanowires. It has been demonstrated that PEC performance of both nanocrystal thin films and nanowires were a strong function of production conditions such as deposition time and voltage. The maximum power conversion efficiency of the CdS nanocrystal thin films obtained in this study was 0.3%. On the other hand, higher efficiencies (about 1.4%) were observed for the CdS nanowires. UV-vis analysis confirmed that both transmittance and band gap energies of the CdS nanowires were lower than that of CdS nanocrystal thin films. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that both nanocrystal thin films and nanowires have a preferred orientation at 26 degrees (2 theta), which can be attributed to the CdS (0 0 2) structure. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.10.010
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/6792
ISSN: 0924-0136
Appears in Collections:Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Material Science & Nanotechnology Engineering
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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