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Low-Cost One-Step Fabrication of Highly Conductive ZnO:Cl Transparent Thin Films with Tunable Photocatalytic Properties via Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition.


ABSTRACT: Low-cost, high-efficiency, and high quality Cl-doped ZnO (ZnO:Cl) thin films that can simultaneously function as transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) and photocatalysts are described. The films have been fabricated by a facile and inexpensive solution-source aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique using NH4Cl as an effective, cheap, and abundant source of Cl. Successful ClO substitutional doping in the ZnO films was evident from powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry results, while scanning electron microscopy reveals the impact of Cl doping on the ZnO thin film morphology. All ZnO:Cl films deposited were transparent and uncolored; optical transmittance in the visible region (400-700 nm) exceeded 80% for depositions using 5-20 mol % Cl. Optimal electrical properties were achieved when using 5 mol % Cl with a minimum measured resistivity of (2.72 ± 0.04) × 10-3 ?·cm, in which the charge carrier concentration and mobility were measured at (8.58 ± 0.16) × 1019 cm-3 and 26.7 ± 0.1 cm2 V-1 s-1 respectively, corresponding to a sheet resistance (R sh) of 41.9 ??-1 at a thickness of 650 nm. In addition to transparent conducting properties, photocatalytic behavior of stearic acid degradation in the ZnO:Cl films was also observed with an optimal Cl concentration of 7 mol % Cl, with the highest formal quantum efficiency (?) measured at (1.63 ± 0.03) × 10-4 molecule/photon, while retaining a visible transparency of 80% and resistivity ? = (9.23 ± 0.13) × 10-3 ?·cm. The dual functionality of ZnO:Cl as both a transparent conductor and an efficient photocatalyst is a unique combination of properties making this a particularly unusual material.

SUBMITTER: Jiamprasertboon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011732 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Low-Cost One-Step Fabrication of Highly Conductive ZnO:Cl Transparent Thin Films with Tunable Photocatalytic Properties via Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition.

Jiamprasertboon Arreerat A   Dixon Sebastian C SC   Sathasivam Sanjayan S   Powell Michael J MJ   Lu Yao Y   Siritanon Theeranun T   Carmalt Claire J CJ  

ACS applied electronic materials 20190603 8


Low-cost, high-efficiency, and high quality Cl-doped ZnO (ZnO:Cl) thin films that can simultaneously function as transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) and photocatalysts are described. The films have been fabricated by a facile and inexpensive solution-source aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique using NH<sub>4</sub>Cl as an effective, cheap, and abundant source of Cl. Successful Cl<sub>O</sub> substitutional doping in the ZnO films was evident from powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray  ...[more]

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