One-Step Dry Coating of Hybrid ZnO-WO₃ Nanosheet Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Composition-Dependent Performance.

ABSTRACT: In this study, the potential of zinc oxide (ZnO), tungsten oxide (WO₃), and their composites (ZnO-WO₃) as photoanodes for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting was investigated. ZnO-WO₃ nanocomposites (NCs) were deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates at room temperature using a one-step dry coating process, the nanoparticle deposition system, with no post-processes. Different compositions of ZnO-WO₃ NCs were optimized to enhance the kinetics of the PEC water-splitting reaction. Surface morphology analysis revealed the transformation of microsized particle nanosheets (NS) powder into nanosized particle nanosheets (NS) across all photoanodes. The optical characteristics of ZnO-WO₃ photoanodes were scrutinized using diffuse

SUBMITTER: Malik MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745309 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature