Enhanced visible light absorption and reduced charge recombination in AgNP plasmonic photoelectrochemical cell

• Main Authors: Samaila, Buda, Shafie, Suhaidi, Abdul Rashid, Suraya, Jaafar, Haslina, Mohamed Sharif, Noor Fadzilah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61725/1/Enhanced%20visible%20light%20absorption.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61725/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379717310100

In this research work, silver nanoparticles (AgNP) were synthesized using a simple solvothermal technique, the obtained AgNP were used to prepare a titania/silver (TiO2/Ag) nanocomposites with varied amount of Ag contents and used to fabricated a photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). X-ray...