SYNTHESIS OF Mo-DOPED ZnS NANOPARTICLES AND INVESTIGATION OF THEIR STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES

Gunbat M., Horoz S., Sahin Ö., Ekinci A.

JOURNAL OF NON-OXIDE GLASSES, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.91-96, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NON-OXIDE GLASSES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.91-96
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Characterization, Doping, nanoparticles, Synthesis, SENSITIZED SOLAR-CELLS, QUANTUM DOTS, PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

ZnS and molybdenum (Mo) doped ZnS nanoparticles were synthesized at room temperature by co-precipitation method without any capping agent. The crystal structures of the synthesized ZnS and Mo-doped ZnS nanoparticles were determined to be zinc blend by x-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The calculated average crystal sizes are 2.70 and 2.68 nm for ZnS and Mo-doped ZnS nanoparticles, respectively. As a result of optical absorption measurements, it was observed that Mo dopant affects the energy band gap value of ZnS nanoparticles. The band gap value for ZnS and Mo-doped ZnS nanoparticles was determined as 4.07 and 4.17 eV, respectively. EDX measurement indicated that elemental percentages of Zn, S and Mo in the Mo-doped ZnS nanoparticles are 48.91, 50.25 and 0.84, respectively. The photovoltaic properties of Mo-doped ZnS nanoparticles were investigated for the first time in this study. The photon-to-current conversion (IPCE) measurements were carried out for ZnS and Mo-doped ZnS nanoparticles to compare their IPCE (%) values. The obtained result provides a new way to improve performance of ZnS-based solar cell structure.