A Comparative Performance Study of Plasmon-induced Charge Separation of Au@TiO<sub>2</sub>, Au@Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, and Au@ZnO Photocell Thin-films

Authors

  • M. Abdulla-Al-Mamun Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
  • Y. Kusumoto Kagoshima University
  • G. J. Islam Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v5i2.13391

Keywords:

Plasmonic charge separation, Gold nanoparticles, Metal-semiconductor, Thin film, Photoelectrochemical cell, Solar current.

Abstract

The gold colloidal nanoparticles was prepared by citrate reduction from chloroauric acid (HAuCl4·4H2O). An ITO glass was coated with nanoporous TiO2, Fe2O3 and ZnO by squeegee method. The squeezing coated films were loaded with Au-nanoparticles by depositing technique. The film was characterized by UV-visible transmittance absorption spectroscopy, SEM, XRD, XPS, and EDX techniques. The Pt counter electrode was prepared by a magnetron sputter method on an ITO glass. The semiconductor with Au-loaded film was used as a working electrode whereas Pt film was used as a counter electrode in a solar cell. The charge was separated by short circuit current and an open circuit voltage and the cell efficiency was measured by IPCE analyzer. The comparative photocurrent-performance of different semiconductors loaded with Au-nanoparticles was analysed. Au@TiO2, Au@Fe2O3, Au@ZnO were found to be suitable films for photo-current production having a good efficiency with Au@TiO2 as the best of the three.

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doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v5i2.13391 J. Sci. Res. 5 (2), 245-254 (2013)

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Author Biographies

M. Abdulla-Al-Mamun, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Assistant Professor

Department of Leather Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh

Y. Kusumoto, Kagoshima University

Yoshihumi Kusumoto, Prof. & Ph.D
Department of Chemistry and BioScience,
Graduate School of Science and Engineering,
Kagoshima University,
1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065,
Japan

G. J. Islam, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh

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Published

2013-04-21

How to Cite

Abdulla-Al-Mamun, M., Kusumoto, Y., & Islam, G. J. (2013). A Comparative Performance Study of Plasmon-induced Charge Separation of Au@TiO<sub>2</sub>, Au@Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, and Au@ZnO Photocell Thin-films. Journal of Scientific Research, 5(2), 245–254. https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v5i2.13391

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Section A: Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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