Photoelectrochemical investigation on the cadmium sulfide (CdS) thin films prepared using spin coating technique

Rahane, Ganesh K., Jathar, Sagar B., Rondiya, Sachin R., Jadhav, Yogesh A., Barma, Sunil V., Rokade, Avinash, Cross, Russell W., Nasane, Mamta P., Jadkar, Vijaya, Dzade, Nelson Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-9473 and Jadkar, Sandesh R. 2020. Photoelectrochemical investigation on the cadmium sulfide (CdS) thin films prepared using spin coating technique. ES Materials & Manufacturing 11 , pp. 57-64. 10.30919/esmm5f1041

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Abstract

Photoelectrochemical cell technology is one of the simplest technologies, which converts light energy directly into electricity. The synthesis of cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanocrystals (NCs) was performed by the facile hot injection method. The NCs were characterized by different techniques such as XRD, Raman, UV-Vis, FESEM, and XPS. The XRD pattern confirms the phase pure hexagonal CdS NCs. The band gap of NCs calculated from the UV-Visible spectrum is at 2.40 eV, indicating good absorption in the visible spectrum. XPS analysis confirmed the presence of individual elements in CdS NCs. The CdS thin-films having different thicknesses were prepared on FTO substrates using the spin coating technique. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) investigation of CdS NCs thin-films photoelectrodes was performed by varying its thickness. The increase in the thickness of thin-films increased photocurrent density.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA)
Publisher:	Engineered Science Publisher
ISSN:	2578-0611
Funders:	EPSRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 February 2021
Date of Acceptance:	23 December 2020
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 02:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/138405

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