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Investigation of the properties of Cr-doped CdZnS nanocrystals with the best IPCE (%) value

  • Ömer Şahin
  • , Sabit Horoz*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Sivas Science and Technology University

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Abstract

Our current study consisted of two basic motivations. In our first motivation, Cr-doped CdZnS nanocrystals with different Cr concentrations were synthesized on TiO2/FTO (fluorine-doped tin oxide) substrates using the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) technique. The nanocrystals here were used as a sensitizer for photovoltaic measurements. The main purpose of this motivation was to determine the optimum Cr concentration with maximum IPCE (%) by making incident photon to electron conversion efficiency (IPCE) measurements. It was observed that Cr concentration with a maximum IPCE (%) value at 400 nm was found as 0.75%. Moreover, the crystallite size and energy band gap of Cr-doped CdZnS nanocrystals were calculated as 2.53 nm and 3.83 eV, respectively, due to the Cr doping metal. Thus, the results showed that Cr-doped metal effectively altered the photovoltaic, crystallite size, and energy bandgap value of the CdZnS host semiconductor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1709-1714
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Australian Ceramic Society
Volume58
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2022

Bibliographical note

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© 2022, The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Australian Ceramic Society.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Characterization
  • Doping
  • Nanocrystals
  • Photovoltaic
  • Synthesis

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