Title :
Zinc oxide thin film fabricated by thermal evaporation method for water splitting application
Author :
M. S. Islam;M. F. Hossain;S. M. A. Razzak;M. M. Haque;M. N. I. Khan
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to fabricate zinc oxide (ZnO) photoelectrode by a modified thermal evaporation system for water splitting application. At first, zinc thin film has been deposited on bare fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate by a modified thermal evaporation system with chamber pressure 0.05 mbar, source temperature 700°C, source substrate distance 3 cm and deposition time 5 min. For obtaining ZnO thin film, the prepared zinc film is annealed at 500°C for 2 hours in atmosphere. The prepared ZnO film is characterized and investigated the photoelectrochemical performance and suitability for splitting of water.
Keywords :
"Films","Photonics","Optical diffraction","Zinc oxide","II-VI semiconductor materials","Thermal stability","Elementary particle vacuum"
Conference_Titel :
Electrical & Electronic Engineering (ICEEE), 2015 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5090-1939-7
DOI :
10.1109/CEEE.2015.7428270
