Ghosh, Puja and Roy, Anurag and Mukhopadhyay, Soumita and Narjinary, Mousumi and Sundaram, Senthilarasu and Sen, Shrabanee and Sujatha Devi, P (2021) A New Functional Composite for Photovoltaic and Sensor Applications. Advanced Electronic Materials, 7 (3). Art No-2000785 . ISSN 2199-160X

PDF - Published Version Restricted to Registered users only Download (2528Kb) | Request a copy

Abstract

As a preliminary drive to eventually develop dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)-powered gas sensors, many oxide-based systems have been explored to fabricate sensors that can show response at room temperature for any analyte gas. As an outcome of recent work in this endeavor, a composite nanorod of anatase TiO2 with Na0.23TiO2 is found to exhibit both photovoltaic performance and gas sensing at room temperature as demonstrated here. An interesting morphology change along with a phase change from nanoparticle to nanorod is observed during the hydrothermal synthesis of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles with sodium hydroxide under a highly basic condition. In order to understand the effect of the minor phase Na0.23TiO2 on the inherent properties of anatase TiO2, the application of nanorod composite in two unique potential application areas, DSSC and acetone sensings is investigated. The composite material exhibits an enhanced efficiency of 7.85% for a DSSC. Surprisingly, a resistive sensor fabricated with the synthesized composite material exhibits room temperature p-type sensing behavior toward different concentrations of acetone (10, 5, 3, 2, and 1 ppm) with high selectivity.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Electronics
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2021 12:16
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2021 12:16
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/5221

Actions (login required)

View Item