@article{Abdulla-Al-Mamun_Kusumoto_Islam_2013, title={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}, volume={5}, url={https://banglajol.info/index.php/JSR/article/view/13391}, DOI={10.3329/jsr.v5i2.13391}, abstractNote={&lt;p&gt;The gold colloidal nanoparticles was prepared by citrate reduction from chloroauric acid (HAuCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;·4H&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O). An ITO glass was coated with nanoporous TiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, Fe&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; 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@TiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, Au@Fe&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, Au@ZnO were found to be suitable films for photo-current production having a good efficiency with Au@TiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; as the best of the three.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;© 2013 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;doi: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v5i2.13391&quot;&gt;http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v5i2.13391&lt;/a&gt; J. Sci. Res. &lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt; (2), 245-254 (2013)&lt;/p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Scientific Research}, author={Abdulla-Al-Mamun, M. and Kusumoto, Y. and Islam, G. J.}, year={2013}, month={Apr.}, pages={245–254} }