Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
A HETEROJUNCTION DESIGN OF SINGLE LAYER HOLE TUNNELING ZNO PASSIVATION WRAPPING AROUND TIO2 NANOWIRES FOR SUPERIOR PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2016
Языканглийский
  • Garifullin Ruslan Ildarovich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Ghobadi A., Ulusoy T. G., Garifullin R., Guler M. O., and Okyay A. K., A Heterojunction Design of Single Layer Hole Tunneling ZnO Passivation Wrapping around TiO2 Nanowires for Superior Photocatalytic Performance, Scientific Reports, 2016; 6: 30587.
    Annotation Nanostructured hybrid heterojunctions have been studied widely for photocatalytic applications due to their superior optical and structural properties. In this work, the impact of angstrom thick atomic layer deposited (ALD) ZnO shell layer on photocatalytic activity (PCA) of hydrothermal grown single crystalline TiO2 nanowires (NWs) is systematically explored. We showed that a single cycle of ALD ZnO layer wrapped around TiO2 NWs, considerably boosts the PCA of the heterostructure. Subsequent cycles, however, gradually hinder the photocatalytic activity (PCA) of the TiO2 NWs. Various structural, optical, and transient characterizations are employed to scrutinize this unprecedented change. We show that a single atomic layer of ZnO shell not only increases light harvesting capability of the heterostructure via extension of the absorption toward visible wavelengths, but also mitigates recombination probability of carriers through reduction of surface defects density and introduction of pr
    Keywords photocatalysis, devices for energy harvesting
    The name of the journal SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
    URL http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30587
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