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Superior light harnessing and charge injection kinetics utilizing mirror-like nano cuboidal ceria coupled with reduced graphene oxide in zinc oxide nanoparticle based photovoltaics
摘要： Efficiency in nanoparticle based photovoltaics is limited by optical transparency, light absorption as well as detrimental back transfer of electron at the hetero-interfaces. Three dimensional (3D) micro/nanostructures with excellent light scattering properties play pivotal role in light harvesting efficiency in DSSCs. Present study deals with the design and development of ternary hybrid photoanode utilizing high quality mirror like nano-cuboidal ceria (CeO2 NC) and 2D- reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets in conjunction with ZnO nanoparticle. A ～6% power conversion efficiency has been achieved for photoanode with optimized CeO2 NC loaded with 1 wt% RGO into ZnO NP. CeO2 NC owing to its size and high quality mirror like facets provides a better light harvesting by multiple interactions of incident photon with the absorber as revealed by UV–Vis diffused reflectance and IPCE analysis. 2D- RGO is proposed to act as an electron sink and provides faster electron transport pathway. Inclusion of 2D- RGO sheets yields a better charge injection kinetics (keinj ～ 2.3 × 108 s?1 for ternary, 1.1 × 108 s?1 for reference device) and collection at FTO as well as elevated recombination resistance (Rrec) and photo-induced electron life time (τe), unveiled by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic (EIS) analysis corroborates a reduced reverse tunneling of photo-injected electron at ZnO/sensitizer/redox couple interface.
关键词： Diffusion,Mirror-like,Light scattering material,Reduced graphene oxide,Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,Nano cuboidal
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Electrical conductivity and conduction mechanisms in (Na <sub/>0.5</sub> Bi <sub/>0.5</sub> TiO <sub/>3</sub> ) <sub/>1?x</sub> (BiScO <sub/>3</sub> ) <sub/>x</sub> (0.00 ≤ <i>x</i> ≤ 0.25) solid solutions
摘要： The electrical properties of (Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3)1-x(BiScO3)x (NBT-BS, 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.25) solid solutions are established by ac impedance spectroscopy and electromotive force transport number measurements. The bulk conductivity decreases with increasing BS incorporation but the oxide-ion transport number remains high (≥0.85) over a wide compositional range 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.15 and drops to ≈0.7 for x ≥ 0.20. NBT-BS solid solutions can only present either predominant oxide-ion conduction or mixed ionic-electronic conduction behaviour, indicating that oxide-ion conduction cannot be fully eliminated by incorporation of BS. This is in contrast from our previous study where incorporation of ≈7% BiAlO3 (BA) can fully suppress the oxide-ion conduction in NBT. The conductivity–composition relationships of NBT-BS solid solutions are attributed to a competing effect from lattice expansion, which enlarges the channel for oxygen ion migration, with trapping between B-site acceptor ions, Sc'Ti, and oxygen vacancies, V??O, which decreases oxygen ion migration. Comparisons between NBT-BS, NBT-BA and NBT-BiGaO3 (BG) solid solutions suggest that small acceptor ions on the B-site are more effective in trapping oxygen vacancies and consequently more effective to suppress the oxide-ion conduction and thus reduce dielectric loss at elevated temperatures.
关键词： transport number,electrical conductivity,solid solutions,sodium bismuth titanate,oxide-ion conduction,conduction mechanisms,impedance spectroscopy,BiScO3
更新于2025-11-14 17:28:48
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Effects of repetitive polarization switching on the coercive voltage of Pt/Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3/Pt thin films analyzed using impedance spectroscopy
摘要： We investigated the effect of repetitive switching of polarization on the ferroelectric Pt/Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3/Pt thin film capacitor by using impedance spectroscopy. From the Cole-Cole plot, the equivalent circuit is described as a combination of the bulk part (a capacitor), the interface part (the constant phase element (CPE), and a parallelly-connected resistor). The circuit parameters were analyzed at various stages of switching. An early increase and a subsequent decrease of the bulk capacitance may represent the wake-up and fatigue phenomena, respectively. The change in the interface part was characterized by an increase in resistance and the growth of n, the exponent of CPE, which may have come from a reduction of defects and the diminished inhomogeneity in the interfacial layer, respectively. The change in the resistance and the coefficient of the CPE in the interface part collectively resulted in an increase in the interfacial impedance. The coercive voltage, which may have intrinsically increased due to the repetitive switching, was even larger as a result of the increased interfacial impedance.
关键词： Impedance spectroscopy,Wake-up,Coercive voltage,PZT,Fatigue
更新于2025-11-14 17:28:48
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The effect of second phase La0.67TiO2.87 on the phase structure and impedance spectroscopy of La2Ti2(1 + x)O7 piezoelectric ceramics
摘要： The Ti excess La2Ti2 (1 + x) O7 (x = 0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1) piezoelectric ceramics have been prepared by sol-gel technology and solid state synthesis method. Through refinement analysis, the phase structure of the ceramics varies with Ti content. Most monoclinic phase (~ 93 %) and a handful of orthogonal phase (~ 7 %) coexist in La2Ti2 (1 + 0) O7 ceramics. Pure monoclinic phase La2Ti2O7 with space group P21 appears in La2Ti2 (1 + 0.005) O7 and La2Ti2 (1 + 0.01) O7 ceramics. Monoclinic phase La2Ti2 O7 and a certain proportion of tetragonal phase La0.67TiO2.87 coexist in La2Ti2 (1 + 0.02) O7, La2Ti2 (1 + 0.05) O7 and Ti2 (1 + 0.1) O7 ceramics. With the excess of Ti content, the monoclinic phase ratio and distortion angles in a-b projection plane of the ceramics increase first and then decrease, which is consistent with the variation tendency of piezoelectric constant d33. The excellent piezoelectric constant for Ti2 (1 + 0.01) O7 ceramics is 2.8 pC/N. Impedance analysis shows that the conductive mechanisms of all samples include both grain and grain boundary conductivity at temperature range T ≥ 500 ℃. The formation of tetragonal phase La0.67TiO2.87 derives from Ti excess in pure monoclinic phase La2Ti2O7. The existence of tetragonal phase La0.67TiO2.87 can obviously increase the capacitance of ceramics at x ≥ 0.05. All prepared piezoelectric La2Ti2 (1 + x) O7 ceramics have highly frequency stability and are candidates for ultrahigh temperature piezoelectric application.
关键词： La2Ti2(1 + x)O7 ceramics,phase structure,impedance spectroscopy
更新于2025-11-14 15:27:09
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Complex impedance, FT-Raman, and photoluminescence spectroscopic studies of pure and L-phenylalanine doped ammonium dihydrogen phosphate single crystals: the correlation with hydrogen bonding defect
摘要： Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) is an important nonlinear optical (NLO) material used for electro-optical applications. The aromatic side chain contained dopant like L-phenylalanine causes defect in ADP. The pure and L-phenylalanine doped ADP crystals are grown using slow solvent evaporation technique at room temperature. The Powder XRD spectra suggest tetragonal crystal system and slit shifting of peak. The FT-Raman shows strong absorption peak at 922 cm?1 due to v1 group symmetry of P - OH for all grown crystals without shifting indicating the single phase nature of all the crystals. The photoluminescence study suggests the presence of defects in doped crystals compared to the pure one due to increase of Stokes shift and vibrational energy relaxation phenomena. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss have shown the usual behavior with respect to frequency and temperature. The calculated electro-optic coefficient is found to be in accordance with dielectric constant. The protonic conduction is prevailing for electric transport, and from Jonscher’s plot, the correlation barrier hopping (CBH) is confirmed. The Nyquist plot and modulus spectra of pure ADP show the presence of grain and grain boundary while the same plots for L-phenylalanine doped ADP show the presence of grain only. The stretch exponent exhibits non-Debye-type relaxation.
关键词： Photoluminescence,Protonic conductivity,Impedance spectroscopy,Dihydrogen phosphate,Raman spectroscopy
更新于2025-11-14 15:26:12
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Compositional dependence of properties in calcium substituted sodium borophosphate glasses containing $${\hbox {VO}}^{2+}$$ VO 2 + ions
摘要： Synthesis of calcium-substituted sodium borophosphate glasses with compositions xCaO ? (30 ? x)Na2O ? 35B2O3 ? 35P2O5 (x = 0, 2, 5, 7 and 10 mol%, abbreviated as CNVx) containing additional 1.0 mol% of V2O5 following a melt-quench method has been carried out. Different analytical techniques viz. wide angle X-ray diffraction (to con?rm non-crystalline nature), ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (for optical band gap analysis), infrared absorption spectroscopy (for structural analysis) and differential thermal analysis (to evaluate characteristic temperatures) were employed to characterize the synthesized compositions. The optical band gap is calculated for both indirect allowed and indirect forbidden transitions. The values of the band gap decrease with increasing concentration of CaO (from 5 to 10 mol%) at the cost of Na2O. The cut-off wavelength and Urbach’s energy are determined from the optical absorption spectra and were related to the structural changes occurring in these glasses with an increase in CaO content. The results obtained from Fourier-transform infrared studies con?rm that V2O5 and CaO play the role of network modi?er oxides. Also, the signi?cant shifting in IR bands with an increase in CaO content in the glass matrix suggests the formation of a new boron–oxygen ring. From differential scanning calorimetry measurements it is observed that substitution leads to the increase in natural bond orbitals, high degree cross-linking and thus strengthens the glass network. Glass transition temperature (Tg) is found to increase from 483 to 522?C. Electrical and dielectric properties are analysed using dc conductivity and impedance spectroscopy. Using impedance spectroscopy, different dielectric parameters i.e. dielectric loss (ε(cid:4)), electrical modulus (M ?) and ac conductivity (σac) etc. are evaluated as a function of frequency, temperature and composition. The frequency dependence of impedance exhibits the non-Debye relaxation behaviour and the total conductivity obeys Jonscher’s power law.
关键词： Jonscher’s power law,impedance spectroscopy,Band gap,differential thermal analysis
更新于2025-11-14 14:48:53
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Influence of thermal oxidation temperature on the microstructure and photoelectrochemical properties of ZnO nanostructures fabricated on the zinc scraps
摘要： In this paper, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires were synthesized by thermal oxidation method of zinc scrap at various temperatures ranging between 400 °C and 900 °C under air atmosphere. The influence of different temperature on the phase structures, surface morphologies and photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of ZnO nanowires were investigated. The characterizations were carried out via X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The results showed that annealing temperature played a significant role on surface morphology and phase structure. The band gap energy of the ZnO nanowires changed between 3.12 and 3.194 eV. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) study of the ZnO nanowires was investigated in 0.1 M Na2SO4 aqueous solution. The PEC findings represented that the ZnO nanowire annealed at 600 °C had 252.2 mA/cm2 net photocurrent density which was the best efficiency and at least 10 times higher than that of the lowest one at 1.25 V (vs. VRHE). Mott-Schottky analysis showed that the ZnO nanowires behaved as n-type semiconductor. ZnO nanowire annealed at 600 °C had the highest carrier density value (Nd = 9.03 × 10^23). Moreover, the charge transfer behavior of the ZnO nanowires was determined by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. As a result, this work recommends that the ZnO nanowires could be good candidate on PEC applications. Also, thermal oxidation method is an efficient method for fabrication of ZnO nanowires.
关键词： Thermal oxidation,Zn scrap,Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS),ZnO nanowires,Photoelectrochemical (PEC)
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Chemical Sensing Performance of Flower-Like ZnO/PSi Nanostructures via Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Technique
摘要： ZnO nanostructures were synthesized on porous Si (PSi) structures using a method developed by this study known as electric field-assisted aqueous solution technique. The detailed characterization of this nanostructure was performed using atomic force microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, room-temperature photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique was used to detect two classifications of chemical solvents, namely polar and non-polar solvents. Nyquist plots in EIS were utilized to detect chemical solvents (ethanol, acetone, toluene and benzene) exposed to ZnO/PSi nanostructure arrays. The results showed that the grown flower-like ZnO nanostructure arrays served as good chemical sensors with high sensitivity and low power consumption. Meanwhile, the ZnO/PSi nanoflowers exposed to ethanol showed the highest sensitivity (94.6% response) compared to other chemical solutions with the least response exhibited by benzene (68.4% response). It was postulated that the interaction between the solution and oxygen species of ZnO/PSi nanostructure surface induced a resistance change resulting in the release of free electrons that migrated to the conduction band of ZnO/PSi nanoflower structures and reduced the number of surface-adsorbed oxygen species. Subsequently, the changes observed in the Nyquist semicircle diameter and Warburg impedance led to the chemical sensing response.
关键词： ZnO/PSi nanoflower,electric field-assisted aqueous solution technique,Chemical sensors,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,Nyquist plot
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Engineering organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) to be sensitive cell-based biosensor through tuning of channel area
摘要： The barrier integrity of epithelial tissue is crucial to many physiological functions in multicellular organisms. Hence, several scientific techniques, such as epithelial voltohmmeter (EVOM) and electric cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS), were developed to assess barrier function for in vitro assays. Organic electrochemical transistor (OECT), in particular, outperforms many biosensors because of its multiple advantages such as high transconductance, mixed ionic-electronic conductivity and high biocompatibility. Despite its extensive application in cell impedance sensing, little was reported on how its geometrical dimensions would affect the device performance and quality of cell-based measurement. In this work, OECTs in different dimensions were fabricated and characterized. Specifically investigated were their time and frequency responses towards the presence of epithelial cells (i.e. tightly packed colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line caco-2 and a novel leaky nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line NPC43). Results show that the sensitivity of cell-based measurement is closely related to the impedance of the whole cell-OECT system. The performance of cell-based sensor would be affected by the tightness of target cell and can be tuned by controlling the active area of OECT.
关键词： Conducting polymer,Frequency response,Biosensor,Impedance spectroscopy,Transepithelial electrical resistance,Organic electrochemical transistor
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Crystal growth, structural and electrical properties of (Cu1-Ag )7GeS5I superionic solid solutions
摘要： Single crystals of (Cu1-хAgx)7GeS5I solid solutions were grown by vertical zone crystallization method. XRD studies have shown that they crystallize in face-centered cubic lattice of the argyrodite structure (space group F m4 3 , Z = 4). Structural studies were performed on the basis of original structure model by means of Rietveld re?nement method. Electrical measurements were carried out in the temperature interval 300–360 K and in the range of frequencies 10 Hz–10 GHz. Temperature and frequency dependences of electrical conductivity were analyzed. In?uence of cation substitution on the electrical conductivity as well as relationship between structural and electrical properties of (Cu1-хAgx)7GeS5I solid solutions were studied.
关键词： Arrhenius law,XRD studies,Superionic conductor,Impedance spectroscopy,Electrical conductivity
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52