Facile Fabrication of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Anatase Composite Thin Film on Quartz Glass Substrate for Translucent Conductive Photoelectrode

Abstract

A single-walled carbon nanotube/anatase (SWCNT/anatase) composite thin film with a transmittance of over 70% in the visible-light region was fabricated on a quartz glass substrate by heat treating a precursor film at 500 °C in air. The precursor film was formed by spin coating a mixed solution of the titania molecular precursor and well-dispersed SWCNTs (0.075 mass%) in ethanol. The anatase crystals and Ti3+ ions in the composite thin films were determined by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The effect of the heating process on the SWCNTs was analyzed using Raman spectroscopy. The composite film showed an even surface with a scratch resistance of 4H pencil hardness, as observed using field-emission scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The electrical resistivity and optical bandgap energy of the composite thin film with a thickness of 100 nm were 6.6 × 10−2 Ω cm and 3.4 eV, respectively, when the SWCNT content in the composite thin film was 2.9 mass%. An anodic photocurrent density of 4.2 μA cm−2 was observed under ultraviolet light irradiation (16 mW cm−2 at 365 nm) onto the composite thin film, thus showing excellent properties as a photoelectrode without conductive substrates.

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“…11,12 However, TiO 2 has a high bandgap and can only be activated by UV light, which limits its use of visible light. 13,14 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline solids having a periodic network structure formed through coordination bonds by linking organic ligands with metal ions or metal clusters. 15,16 Some MOFs, such as MIL-125(Ti), ZIF-67, and ZIF-8, have shown excellent performance in photocatalysis and other domains.…”