Comparative Study of Nanostructured Zr-Fe2O3 and CNT Modified Zr-Fe2O3 Thin Films for Photo Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen

Subject Areas : Journal of Nanoanalysis

Vibhuti Yadav ¹ , Sadhana Tyagi ² , Devbrat Pundhir ³ , Saral Kumar Gupta ⁴

1 - Department of Physics & Computer Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India-282005
2 - Department of Physics & Computer Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India-282005
3 - Department of Physics, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India-203042
4 - Department of Physics, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India-203042

Received: 2017-05-31 Accepted : 2017-05-31 Published : 2014-12-01

Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, Sol-gel method, Hematite, photo-electrochemical cell,

Abstract :

Nanostructured hematite thin films are doped with zirconium successfully and also modified by introducing CNT using sol-gel method for their implementation as photo-electrode in photo-electrochemical (PEC) cell for hydrogen generation. XRD, UV-visible spectroscopy and PEC study techniques are used to characterize the thin films. The PEC responses of thin films are improved by introducing carbon nanotubes (CNT).