Metal-sulfide-decorated ZnO/Si nano-heterostructure arrays with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

Boluo Yadian; Yuhan Rao; Bowen Zhu; Zhifeng Liu; Qing Liu; Chee Lip Gan; Xiaodong Chen; Yizhong Huang

doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.05.017

Metal-sulfide-decorated ZnO/Si nano-heterostructure arrays with enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

Boluo Yadian, Yuhan Rao, Bowen Zhu, Zhifeng Liu^*, Qing Liu, Chee Lip Gan, Xiaodong Chen, Yizhong Huang

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Abstract

The present work reports an effective approach to fabricate highly ordered arrays of ZnO/Si heterostructures decorated with metal sulfides (i.e. ZnS and Ag₂S). These metal-sulfide-coated ZnO/Si heterostructure arrays are then used as a photoanode in the photoelectrochemical water splitting system. The significant enhancement of ZnO/Si heterostructure arrays in photo-current density and on/off ratio is demonstrated after they are coated with metal sulfides. These metal-sulfide-coated ZnO/Si heterostructure arrays are a promising building block for the fabrication of optoelectronic devices such as photoelectrochemical cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	503-508
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Research Bulletin
Volume	96
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.05.017
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Highly ordered
Metal sulfide
Photoelectrochemical water splitting
ZnO/Si heterostructure

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