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Nanostructuring Strategies To Increase the Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Activity of Silicon Photocathodes
摘要： Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising route for sustainable hydrogen production. Herein, we demonstrate a photoelectrode motif that enables a nanostructured large-surface area electrocatalyst without requiring a nanostructured semiconductor surface with the goal of promoting electrocatalysis while minimizing surface recombination. We compare the photoelectrochemical H2 evolution activity of two silicon photocathode nanostructuring strategies: (1) direct nanostructuring of the silicon surface and (2) incorporation of nanostructured zinc oxide to increase the electrocatalyst surface area on planar silicon. We observed that silicon photocathodes that utilized nanostructured ZnO supports outperformed nanostructured silicon electrodes by ～50 mV at open circuit under 1 sun illumination and demonstrated comparable electrocatalytic activity.
关键词： photocathodes,silicon nanowires,hydrogen evolution,molybdenum disulfide,zinc oxide nanowires,photoelectrochemical water splitting
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Growth and Characterization of Indium Oxide, Zinc Oxide and Cadmium Sulfide Nanowires by Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth Technique
摘要： In this study, the growth of three important semiconductor nanowires, Zinc Oxide, Indium Oxide and Cadmium Sulfide nanowires using the vapor–liquid–solid (VLS) method has been investigated. Different growth recipes with different growth parameters were incorporated to synthesize high quality and long NWs. It attempts to provide precise growth recipes which lead to high quality of nanowires. The effect of different growth conditions such as growth temperature, carrier gas flow, presence of metal catalyst and growth time has been investigated. Also, to evaluate the crystal quality of the nanowires, photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the as grown nanowires were investigated.
关键词： Cadmium sulfide (CdS),Zinc Oxide,Nanowires,Indium Oxide,vapor liquid solid (VLS) growth
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Hierarchical zinc oxide nanorings with superior sensing properties
摘要： Morphology controlled hydrothermal synthesis techniques have been realised to produce hierarchical zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures with high surface-to-volume ratios and more exposed polar facets. Hierarchical ZnO nanorings (HNRs) were produced by growing secondary nanowires (NWs) on initial mono-morphological nanodisks (NDs). In the two steps of growth process, zinc sulphate and zinc nitrate were used as the source of zinc ions, respectively. In comparison with NWs and NDs, the grown HNRs showed more enhanced performance as gas sensors. HNRs were substantially sensitive and faster in responding to acetone. This high performance in gas sensing is due to the increased surface-to-volume ratio and small size of the NW building blocks as well as the increased proportion of (0 0 0 1) polar facets. This work represents a guide to structure induced improvement of sensing properties by controlling the morphology of nanostructures.
关键词： Nanostructures,Sensor,Zinc oxide,Nanowires,Hydrothermal synthesis
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46