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ENHANCING PHOTOCURRENT IN UNANNEALED NiSx/CdS PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM FOR WATER SPLITTING AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2011

Ning Zhang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering (MPFL), School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, PR China
Liejin Guo*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering (MPFL), School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, PR China
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Abstract

In this work, NiSx was deposited on FTO by chemical bath and worked as the inner layer in order to enhance the photocurrent of CdS film. It is found the unannealed CdS/NiSx had a higher photocurrent than unannealed CdS, but after annealing, the photocurrent of CdS/NiSx showed dramatical decrease. The mechanism was discussed in detail by UPS and current-potential curves.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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