Charge transport in Fe2O3 films deposited on nanowire arrays

Piers R. F. Barnes; David Blake; Julie A. Glasscock; Ian C. Plumb; Peter F. Vohralik; Avi Bendavid; Philip J. Martin

doi:10.1117/12.681352

8 September 2006 Charge transport in Fe₂O₃ films deposited on nanowire arrays

Piers R. F. Barnes, David Blake, Julie A. Glasscock, Ian C. Plumb, Peter F. Vohralik, Avi Bendavid, Philip J. Martin

Proceedings Volume 6340, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology; 63400P (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681352
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The short diffusion length of photo-excited charge carriers in Fe₂O₃ is one of the factors limiting the water splitting efficiency of iron oxide based materials. To overcome this problem we are engineering transparent arrays of nanowires to act as conducting substrates for the Fe₂O₃. To help understand the charge transport characteristics of the Fe₂O₃ component we report transient photocurrent measurements performed on an absorbing thin film of Fe₂O₃ deposited by filtered arc deposition on conducting glass with a semi-transparent silver Schottky top contact. Ultraviolet laser pulses were used to generate charge carriers near the surface and the resulting current transients were measured. A simulation of this charge transport has also been developed. The sign of the observed transients was independent of applied bias, consistent with a fully depleted film. The measurements also suggest that recombination may play a significant factor in determining the transient shape. Further investigation is required to confidently predict mobilities.

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Piers R. F. Barnes, David Blake, Julie A. Glasscock, Ian C. Plumb, Peter F. Vohralik, Avi Bendavid, and Philip J. Martin "Charge transport in Fe₂O₃ films deposited on nanowire arrays", Proc. SPIE 6340, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology, 63400P (8 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681352

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