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Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4)
The drop-dry deposition (DDD) is a simple chemical technique of thin film deposition, which can be applied to metal oxides. The deposition solution is an aqueous solution including a metal salt and an alkali. However, some metal ions react spontaneously with water and precipitate. This work is the f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10419907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569982 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16155273 |
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description | The drop-dry deposition (DDD) is a simple chemical technique of thin film deposition, which can be applied to metal oxides. The deposition solution is an aqueous solution including a metal salt and an alkali. However, some metal ions react spontaneously with water and precipitate. This work is the first attempt to use complexing agents in DDD to suppress the precipitation. SnO(2) thin films are fabricated using DDD with Na(2)S(2)O(3) as a complexing agent and via annealing in air. The results of the Auger electron spectroscopy measurement show that the O/Sn composition ratio of the annealed films approached two, indicating that the annealed films are SnO(2). The photoelectrochemical measurement results show that the annealed films are n-type. Co(3)O(4)/SnO(2) heterojunction is fabricated using p-type Co(3)O(4) films which are also deposited via DDD. The heterojunction has rectification and photovoltaic properties. Thus, for the first time, a metal oxide thin film was successfully prepared via DDD using a complexing agent, and oxide thin film solar cells are successfully prepared using only DDD. |
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spelling | pubmed-104199072023-08-12 Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) Li, Tong Ichimura, Masaya Materials (Basel) Article The drop-dry deposition (DDD) is a simple chemical technique of thin film deposition, which can be applied to metal oxides. The deposition solution is an aqueous solution including a metal salt and an alkali. However, some metal ions react spontaneously with water and precipitate. This work is the first attempt to use complexing agents in DDD to suppress the precipitation. SnO(2) thin films are fabricated using DDD with Na(2)S(2)O(3) as a complexing agent and via annealing in air. The results of the Auger electron spectroscopy measurement show that the O/Sn composition ratio of the annealed films approached two, indicating that the annealed films are SnO(2). The photoelectrochemical measurement results show that the annealed films are n-type. Co(3)O(4)/SnO(2) heterojunction is fabricated using p-type Co(3)O(4) films which are also deposited via DDD. The heterojunction has rectification and photovoltaic properties. Thus, for the first time, a metal oxide thin film was successfully prepared via DDD using a complexing agent, and oxide thin film solar cells are successfully prepared using only DDD. MDPI 2023-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10419907/ /pubmed/37569982 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16155273 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Tong Ichimura, Masaya Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) |
title | Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) |
title_full | Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) |
title_fullStr | Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) |
title_full_unstemmed | Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) |
title_short | Drop-Dry Deposition of SnO(2) Using a Complexing Agent and Fabrication of Heterojunctions with Co(3)O(4) |
title_sort | drop-dry deposition of sno(2) using a complexing agent and fabrication of heterojunctions with co(3)o(4) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10419907/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37569982 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16155273 |
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