Fabrication of Ag injection in Bi2S3 (AgBiS2) thin films for photoelectrochemical cell applications

IF 1.9 4区材料科学 Q3 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Bulletin of Materials Science Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI:10.1007/s12034-024-03290-5

T Daniel, V Balasubramanian, Antony Lilly Grace, K Mohanraj

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The present investigation deals with the detailed analysis of opto-structural, morphological, electrical properties and photoelectrochemical cell performances of thermally evaporated Ag_xBi_2−xS_3−y thin film prepared for various x and y values (x = y = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1). The cubic-structured AgBiS₂ along with orthorhombic-structured Bi₂S₃ as confirmed from X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The Ag_xBi_2−xS_3−y (x = y = 0–1) films showed higher optical absorption coefficient (10⁵ cm⁻¹) in the visible region and band gap values were found to be decreased from 2.08 to 1.35 eV. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images have visualized the uniform distribution of spherical particles. Carrier concentration of the films are better than x = y = 0 as observed from Mott–Schottky plots. The FTO/Ag_xBi_2−xS_3−y (x = y = 1) photoelectrochemical cell yields the photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.03%.

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制作用于光电化学电池应用的 Bi2S3（AgBiS2）薄膜中的注入银

本研究详细分析了在不同 x 值和 y 值（x = y = 0、0.25、0.50、0.75 和 1）条件下制备的热蒸发 AgxBi2-xS3-y 薄膜的光学结构、形态、电学特性和光电化学电池性能。X 射线衍射（XRD）分析证实了立方结构的 AgBiS2 和正方结构的 Bi2S3。AgxBi2-xS3-y（x = y = 0-1）薄膜在可见光区域显示出更高的光吸收系数（105 cm-1），带隙值从 2.08 eV 下降到 1.35 eV。扫描电子显微镜（SEM）图像显示了球形颗粒的均匀分布。从莫特-肖特基图中观察到，薄膜的载流子浓度优于 x = y = 0。FTO/AgxBi2-xS3-y（x = y = 1）光电化学电池的光电转换效率（PCE）为 7.03%。

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Bulletin of Materials Science 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

5.60%

发文量

209

审稿时长

11.5 months

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