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ZnO@TiO2 Core Shell Nanorod Arrays with Tailored Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties for Photovoltaic Application

Panžić, Ivana; Juraić, Krunoslav; Krstulović, Nikša; Šantić, Ana; Belić, Domagoj; Blažeka, Damjan; Plodinec, Milivoj; Mandić, Vilko; Macan, Jelena; Hammud, Adnan; Ivanov, Danail; Plaisier, Jasper; Willinger, Marc Gregor; Gracin, Davor; Gajović, Andreja (2019) ZnO@TiO2 Core Shell Nanorod Arrays with Tailored Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties for Photovoltaic Application. Molecules, 24 . ISSN 1420-3049

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Abstract

ZnO has prominent electron transport and optical properties, beneficial for photovoltaic application, but its surface is prone to the formation of defects. To overcome this problem, we deposited nanostructured TiO2 thin film on ZnO nanorods to form a stable shell. ZnO nanorods synthesized by wet-chemistry are single crystals. Three different procedures for deposition of TiO2 were applied. The influence of preparation methods and parameters on the structure, morphology, electrical and optical properties were studied. Nanostructured TiO2 shells show different morphologies dependent on deposition methods: (1) separated nanoparticles (by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) in Ar), (2) a layer with nonhomogeneous thickness (by PLD in vacuum or DC reactive magnetron sputtering), and (3) a homogenous thin layer along the nanorods (by chemical deposition). Based on the structural study, we chose the preparation parameters to obtain an anatase structure of the TiO2 shell. Impedance spectroscopy shows pure electron conductivity that was considerably better in all the ZnO@TiO2 than in bare ZnO nanorods or TiO2 layers. The best conductivity among the studied samples and the lowest activation energy was observed for the sample with a chemically deposited TiO2 shell. Higher transparency in the visible part of spectrum was achieved for the sample with a homogenous TiO2 layer along the nanorods, then in the samples with a layer of varying thickness.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: core–shell ; ZnO nanorods ; TiO2 thin film ; pulsed laser deposition ; DC reactive magnetron sputtering ; chemical deposition ; electrical properties ; optical properties
Subjects: NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics
Divisions: Division of Materials Chemistry
Division of Materials Physics
Division of Molecular Biology
Projects:
Project titleProject leaderProject codeProject type
Nanokompoziti s perovskitima za fotovoltaike, fotokatalizu i senzoriku-NanoPeroPhotoSensAndreja GajovićIP-2018-01-5246HRZZ
Potpora vrhunskim istraživanjima Centra izvrsnosti za napredne materijale i senzore-Mile Ivanda; Milko Jakšić; Mario Stipčević; Marko KraljKK.01.1.1.01.0001EK
Unaprijeđenje solarnih ćelija i modula kroz istraživanje i razvoj-Krunoslav JuraićKK.01.2.1.01.0115EK
Nanokompoziti cinkovog oksida i titanijevog dioksida za fotonaponsku primjenu-ZOTONanoPhotovoltAndreja GajovićIP-2014-09-9419HRZZ
Dijagnostika Interakcije lasera i hladne plazme-LaCPIDSlobodan MiloševićIP-2013-11-2753HRZZ
Depositing User: Krunoslav Juraić
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2019 15:36
URI: http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/5237
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24213965

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