TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemically vaporized cobalt incorporated wurtzite as photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting
AU - Khan, Humaira Rashid
AU - Aamir, Muhammad
AU - Malik, Mohammad Azad
AU - Tahir, Asif Ali
AU - Akram, Bilal
AU - Murtaza, Ghulam
AU - Choudhary, Muhammad Aziz
AU - Akhtar, Javeed
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - The development of low-cost, durable and efficient photocatalyst for overall photoelectrochemical water splitting is in demand to overcome the renewable energy crises. Herein, we demonstrate the efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting by cobalt (Co) incorporated zinc oxide (Zn1-xCoxO) thin films deposited via aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD) technique. The as-deposited Co incorporated ZnO thin films were characterised by powdered X-ray diffraction (pXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and ultra violet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). These films with different concentration of cobalt were investigated for water splitting applications and the best results were achieved for the films with 15% Co incorporation.
AB - The development of low-cost, durable and efficient photocatalyst for overall photoelectrochemical water splitting is in demand to overcome the renewable energy crises. Herein, we demonstrate the efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting by cobalt (Co) incorporated zinc oxide (Zn1-xCoxO) thin films deposited via aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD) technique. The as-deposited Co incorporated ZnO thin films were characterised by powdered X-ray diffraction (pXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and ultra violet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). These films with different concentration of cobalt were investigated for water splitting applications and the best results were achieved for the films with 15% Co incorporation.
KW - AACVD
KW - PEC
KW - Thin films
KW - Water splitting
KW - ZnO
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mssp.2019.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.mssp.2019.06.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067253381
SN - 1369-8001
VL - 101
SP - 223
EP - 229
JO - Materials science in semiconductor processing
JF - Materials science in semiconductor processing
ER -
