Synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of CdWO4 and CdS/CdWO4 nanostructures
Synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of CdWO4 and CdS/CdWO4 nanostructures
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.11.156
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发表时间：
2015-02
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Weina Xu;Chunhua Zheng;H. Hua;Qi Yang;Lin Chen;Y. Xi;Chenguo Hu
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作者：
Weina Xu;Chunhua Zheng;H. Hua;Qi Yang;Lin Chen;Y. Xi;Chenguo Hu
A facile composite-salt-mediated strategy is employed for the first time to synthesize CdWO4nanowire and nanoflower arrays on cadmium foil substrates. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties are measured on the electrodes made of the CdWO4nanowire and nanoflower arrays under the simulated sunlight illumination. Both electrodes display high sensitive response and photocurrent stability. The photocurrent density of the nanowire arrays electrode reach 0.35 mA/cm2, which is about 3 times as much as that of the nanoflower array electrode. To improve the visible light photocurrent response, CdS nanoparticles are deposited on the CdWO4nanowire arrays to form a CdS/CdWO4heterojunction. Remarkably enhanced photoresponse is observed on the CdS/CdWO4heterostructure and the photocurrent intensity is about twice as much as that of the electrode made of the pure CdWO4nanowire arrays. The photoelectric mechanism is also discussed by the crystal structure and morphology characterization, optical band gap and carrier mobility analysis. This work presents a new design of a photoelectrochemical device for possible applications in photoelectrolysis of water and solar cells or highly sensitive light detection.
