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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 120, Issue 2-3, Pages 307-312Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2009.11.003
Keywords
Thin films; Chemical synthesis; Electrochemical techniques; Optical properties
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- National Science Council of Taiwan [NSC 97-2221-E-194-026]
- Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs [7455VH7200]
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This paper describes the preparation and characterization of ternary Ag-In-S thin films deposited on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrates using chemical bath deposition (CBD). The composition of the thin films was varied by changing the concentration ratio of [Ag]/[In] in the precursor solutions. The crystal structure, optical properties, and surface morphology of the thin films were analyzed by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), UV-vis spectroscopy, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). GIXRD results indicate that the samples consisted of AgInS2 and/or AgIn5S8 crystal phases, depending on the composition of the precursor solutions. The film thicknesses, electrical resistivity, flat band potentials, and band gaps of the samples were between 1.12 and 1.37 mu m, 3.73 x 10(-3) and 4.98 x 10(4) Omega cm, 0.67 and -0.90V vs. NHE, and 1.83 and 1.92 eV, respectively. The highest photocurrent density was observed in the sample with [Ag]/[In] = 4. A photocurrent density of 9.7 mA cm(-2) was obtained with an applied potential of 0.25 V vs. SCE in the three-electrode system. The photoresponse experiments were conducted in 0.25 M K2SO3 and 0.35 M Na2S aqueous electrolyte solutions under irradiation by a 300W Xe light (100 mW cm(-2)). The results show that ternary Ag-In-S thin film electrodes have potential in water splitting applications. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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