Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10670010 | Thin Solid Films | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Monodisperse cadmium sulfide nanotubes (CdS NTs) with a diameter of 100Â nm were synthesized on indium-doped tin oxide glass substrates using chemical bath deposition and self-sacrificial template technique. This CdS thin film was characterized by transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and UV-vis spectrophotometer. This film gave a short circuit photocurrent of 4.4Â mA/cm2, an open circuit photovoltage of 0.75Â V, a fill factor of 0.49, and an overall conversion efficiency of 1.29% under a simulated solar illumination of 100Â mW/cm2. All these photoelectrochemical properties of the films were dependent on the microstructure of the nanotubes and the thickness of the film. A facile and efficient way to prepare CdS-based photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical cells was provided in this report.
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Authors
Chenhuan Li, Suolong Yang, Baozhan Zheng, Ting Zhou, Hongyan Yuan, Dan Xiao,