Effect of Heat Treatment on Electrodeposited ZnSe on Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Cell

Laimy Mohd Fudzi; Zulkarnain Zainal; Hong Ngee Lim; Sook Keng Chang; Asma Samsudin

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.307.179

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Effect of Heat Treatment on Electrodeposited ZnSe on Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Cell

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Following successful growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods, a layer of zinc selenide (ZnSe) was electrodeposited onto the nanorods to further enhance its conversion efficiency in the photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell. The electrodeposited ZnSe layer onto the ZnO nanorods was subjected to heat treatment at 200, 250 and 300°C. The prepared films were characterized by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) to investigate the structural, morphological and compositional characteristics. Additionally, PEC conversion generated by the prepared thin films were tested with photocurrent measurements under calibrated visible illumination from a halogen lamp. Based on FESEM analysis, the thickness of ZnO thin film increased with temperature. However, the diameters of the ZnO nanorods were found to be in a decreasing trend upon heat treatment at higher temperature. The electrodeposited ZnSe layer at the potential of -0.7 V for 60 seconds (calcined at 200°C) possessed crystallite size of 20.1 nm. According to UV-Vis analysis, band gap energy measured was 2.8 eV, which is very close to standard ZnSe band gap value (2.7 eV). Additional layer of ZnSe electrodeposited enhanced thin film performance in terms of current density as much as 37.4% while having high photocurrent density of 0.2671 mAcm^-2.

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