Preparation of a CuGaSe2 single crystal and its photocathodic properties

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Chalcopyrite CuGaSe2 single crystals were successfully synthesized by the flux method using a home-made Bridgman-type furnace. The grown crystals were nearly stoichiometric with a Se-poor composition. Although a wafer form of the thus-obtained single crystal showed poor p-type electrical properties due to such unfavorable off-stoichiometry, these properties were found to be improved by applying a post-annealing treatment under Se vapor conditions. As a result, an electrode derived from the Se-treated single crystalline wafer showed appreciable p-type photocurrents. After deposition of a CdS ultrathin layer and a nanoparticulate Pt catalyst on the surface of the electrode, appreciable photoelectrochemical H2 evolution was observed over the modified electrode under photoirradiation by simulated sunlight with application of a bias potential of 0 VRHE.

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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RSC advances - 10(2020), 66 vom: 02. Nov., Seite 40310-40315

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ikeda, Shigeru [VerfasserIn]
Fujita, Wakaba [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Riku [VerfasserIn]
Nose, Yoshitaro [VerfasserIn]
Katsube, Ryoji [VerfasserIn]
Yoshino, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Takashi [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1039/d0ra07904a

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NLM340493887