The quartz/Al-ZnO film/nanostructured Al-ZnO/CdSe/Cu2O extremely thin absorber solar cell has been successfully realized. The Al-doped ZnO one-dimensional nanostructures on quartz templates covered by a sputtering Al-doped ZnO film was used as the n-type electrode. A 19- to 35-nm-thin layer of CdSe absorber was deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering, coating the ZnO nanostructures. T...

An efficient technique for writing 2D oxide patterns on conductive substrates is proposed and demonstrated in this paper. The technique concerns a novel concept for selective electrodeposition, in which a minimum quantity of liquid electrolyte, through an extrusion nozzle, is delivered and manipulated into the desired shape on the substrate, meanwhile being electrodeposited into the product by ...

Gas sensors with high sensitivity at and below room temperature, especially below freezing temperature, have been expected for practical application. The lower working temperature of gas sensor is better for the manufacturability, security and environmental protection. Herein, we propose a H2S gas sensor with high sensitivity at and below room temperature, even as low as -30 °C, based on Cu2O/C...

A eletrodissolução de ligas de Cu-Zn, de diferentes composição química (CuZn37 e CuZn39Pb3) foi estudada em solução tampão de acetato, pH 5, através de medidas de potencial de circuito aberto e voltametria cíclica, sob condições estáticas e dinâmicas. A menor resistência à corrosão detectada nestas ligas, comparativamente ao Cu puro, foi atribuída à estrutura da camada anódica formada ZnO.x H 2...

CuO and Cu2O powders were reacted by hydrogen to study the reduction mechanism and the ionic states of Cu (Cu2+, Cu and Cu). The reduction behaviour and the existence of an intermediate state were investigated by using synchrotron-based high-resolution in situ x-ray diffraction (S-XRD) techniques. The results revealed that CuO directly reduces to metallic Cu (Cu → Cu), under a normal flow of hy...

Most photocatalysts only function under illumination, while many potential applications require continuous activities in dark. Thus, novel photocatalysts should be developed, which could store part of their photoactivity in "memory" under illumination and then be active from this "memory" after the illumination is turned off for an extended period of time. Here a novel composite photocatalyst o...

The current work focuses on working a comparison between two solar cells made with the combination, n-TiO2/p-CuO, and n-TiO2/p-Cu2O devices. structural, optical, photovoltaic characteristics were detailed. In optical section, measurements for TiO2 (120 nm), CuO (200 Cu2O nm) thin films illustrated, then energy of transition was calculated based Tauc formula each layer. direct gap energies TiO2,...

Carbon-protected BiVO4 photoanode and Cu2O photocathode tandem photoelectrochemical (PEC) system has been explored to reduce surface recombination enhance the stability of photoelectrodes. In addition carbon layer, electrodeposited FeOOH nanolayer drop-casted MoS2 co-catalyst layer on photocathode, respectively improve reaction kinetics. The optimized (Mo-BiVO4/C/FeOOH) (Cu2O/C/MoS2) produces c...

2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag Gmb Considerable research has been carried out on photonic crystals since the concept was introduced in 1987. However, fabrication of high-quality 3D photonic crystals still remains a challenge. Among a wide range of proposed techniques, creation of large-area, defect-free 3D polymeric templates through multibeam interference lithography, direct laser writing, or direct in...