Synthesis and characterization of spray pyrolyzed nanocrystalline CeO2-SiO2 thin films as passive counter electrodes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 781-787

  Bhosale, A K ^a   Shinde, P S ^b   Tarwal, N L ^b   Kadam, P M ^c   Mali, S S ^b   Patil, P S ^b  

^a Raje Ramrao Mahavidhyalaya ^*  (India)

^b SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SMT Kasturbai Walchand College   (India)

Author keywords

CeO2 SiO2; Counter electrode; Electrochromism; Ion storage capacity; Spray pyrolysis; Thin film

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ARRHENIUS BEHAVIORS; BAND GAP ENERGY; CEO2-SIO2; CERIUM NITRATE; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; EQUIMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; FLUORITE CRYSTALS; ION INTERCALATION; ION STORAGE; ION STORAGE CAPACITY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; PASSIVE BEHAVIOR; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSMISSION MODULATION; TRIMETHOXYMETHYLSILANE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHROMISM; FLUORINE; IONS; LASERS; METHANOL; OXIDE FILMS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77949875256     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Trovarelli A. In: Hutchings G.J. (Ed). Catalysis by Ceria and Related Materials, Catalytic Science Series vol. 2 (2002), Imperial College Press, London
2. 2-Containing materials. Catal. Rev. Sci. Eng. 38 (1996) 439-520
3. Trovarelli A., de Leitenburg C., and Dolcetti G. Design better cerium-based oxidation catalysts, CHEMTECH 27 (1997) 32-37
4. 2 mixed oxides. J. Mater. Chem. 15 (2005) 633-648
5. 3 thin film for oxygen sensor at high temperature. Appl. Surf. Sci. 175-176 (2001) 721-725
6. 2 particles prepared by the spray hydrolysis reaction method. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85 1 (2002) 139-144
7. List F.A., Goyal A., Paranthaman M., Norton D.P., Specht E.D., Lee D.F., and Kroeger D.M. High Jc YBCO films on biaxially textured Ni with oxide buffer layers deposited using electron beam evaporation and sputtering. Physica C 302 (1998) 87-92
8. 2 thick and thin films. Sens. Actuators B 4 (1991) 393-399
9. Minh N.Q. Ceramic Fuel Cells. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 76 3 (1993) 563-588
10. Blumentthal R.N., Brugner F.S., and Garnier J.E. The electrical conductivity of CaO-doped nonstoichiometric cerium oxide from 700 °C to 1500 °C. J. Electrochem. Soc. 120 9 (1973) 1230-1237
11. Aegerter M.A., Avellaneda C.O., Pawlicka A., and Atik M. Electrochromism in materials prepared by the sol-gel process. J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 8 (1997) 689-696
12. 3. Solid State Ionics 180 (2009) 1324-1331
13. 4+) mixed oxides by Raman spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and other techniques. J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (2003) 11475-11484
14. 2 films as transparent counter-electrode for transmissive electrochromic devices. J. Non-Cryst. Solids 121 (1990) 319-322
15. Stromme Mattsson M., Azens A., Niklasson G.A., Granqvist C.G., and Purans J. Li intercalation in transparent Ti-Ce oxide films: Energetics and ion dynamics. J. Appl. Phys. 81 (1997) 6432-6437
16. 2 thin films. Electrochim. Acta 44 (1999) 3127-3136
17. 2 sol-gel layers studied by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 91 (2007) 1037-1050
18. 3) by microwave induced solution combustion synthesis: characterization and CO oxidation. J. Mater. Sci. 44 (2009) 2743-2751
19. 2 coatings. J. Mater. Sci. 30 (1995) 2284-2290
20. L. Kullman, M. Veszelei, D. D. Ragan, J. Isidorsson, G. Vaivars, U. Kanders, A. Azens, S. Schelle, B. Hjovarsson, C.G. Granqvist, Cerium-containing counter electrodes for transparent electrochromic devices, in: E.A. Silinsh, A. Medvid, A.R. Lusis, A.O. Ozols (Eds.), Optical Organic and Semiconductor Inorganic Materials, Proc. SPIE, vol. 2968, 1997, pp. 219-224
21. Veszelei M., Stromme Mattsson M., Kullman L., Azens A., and Granqvist C.G. Zr-Ce oxides as candidates for optically passive counter electrodes. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 56 (1999) 223-230
22. Varsano F., Decker F., Masetti E., Cardellini F., and Licciulli A. Optical and electrochemical properties of cerium-zirconium mixed oxide thin films deposited by sol-gel and r.f. sputtering. Electrochim. Acta 44 (1999) 3149-3156
23. 2 coatings. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 31 (1993) 171-185
24. 2:X (X=Li, C, Si) films. Mater. Res. 4 (2001) 241-244
25. 2 thin films. Mater. Res. Bull. 34 (1999) 1507-1512
26. 2 core-shell nanoparticles by water-in-oil microemulsion. Preparation of functional thin film. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 299 (2006) 726-732
27. 2: a new ion storage layer for smart windows. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 80 (2003) 443-449
28. 3 sol-gel coatings and electrochromic devices. Solid State Ionics 165 (2003) 181-189
29. 2 layers on (100) silicon substrates. Appl. Phys. Lett. 59 (1991) 3604-3606
30. 2 content. Appl. Surf. Sci. 252 (2006) 5131-5142
31. Orel Z.C. NOTES. Appl. Spectrosc. 53 (1999) 241-248
32. 2 thin films obtained by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Mater. Sci. Eng. C 23 (2003) 1013-1016
33. 2 thin film prepared by an alkoxide route. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 92 (2008) 240-244
34. x ion storage layers. Thin Solid Films 514 (2006) 87-96
35. Binet C., Badri A., Boutonnet-Kizling M., and Lavalley J.-C. FTIR study of carbon monoxide adsorption on ceria: CO2-2 carbonite dianion adsorbed species. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 90 (1994) 1023-1028
36. 2 nanoparticles synthesized by a simple polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) solution route. Mater. Chem. Phys. 115 (2009) 423-428
37. Burdis M., Siddle J.R., and Taylor S. Fourier transform infrared study of tungsten oxide thin films and their coloration by lithium (Proceedings Paper). SPIE Proc. 2255 (1995) 371-383
38. 2 nanoparticle and dispersion stability of its suspension. Mater. Chem. Phys. 110 (2008) 128-135
39. 2 nanocrystalline films for electrochromic devices. J. Sol Gel Sci. Technol. 8 (1997) 751-758
40. 2 films for electrochromic windows. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 90 (2006) 1640-1655
41. Konstatinov K., Darriet I., and Vassiler S. Preparation of ceria films by spray pyrolysis method. Int. J. Inorg. Mater. 2 (2000) 277-280
42. Zhua B., Xiab C., Luo X., and Niklasson G. Transparent two-phase composite oxide thin films with high conductivity. Thin Solid Films 385 (2001) 209-214
43. Sanchez C., Henry M., Grenet J.C., and Livage J. Free and bound polarons in vanadium pentoxide. J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 15 (1982) 7133-7141
44. Mott N.F. Conduction in glasses containing tranfsition metal ions. J. Non-Cryst. Solids 1 (1968) 1-17
45. 2-x nanoparticles. J. Appl. Phys. 87 (2000) 1318-1321
46. 2 thin films. Mater. Sci. Eng. B 130 (2006) 220-227
47. Granqvist C.G., Azens A., Hjelm A., Kullman L., and Niklasson G.A. Recent advances in electrochromics for smart windows applications. Sol. Energy 63 (1998) 199-216
48. 2 sol-gel film: a counter-electrode for electrochromic devices. Thin Solid Films 471 (2005) 100-104
49. 2 prepared by sol-gel route. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 92 (2008) 234-239
50. Skofic I.K., and Bukovec N. Improved ion-storage capacity of Ce-V mixed oxide films. Acta Chim. Slov. 49 (2002) 267-278
51. 2 coatings. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 40 (1996) 205-219