Sunlight is the most abundant renewable energy resource,providing the earth with enough power that is capable of taking care of all of humanity’s desires-a hundred times over.However,as it is at times diffuse and int...Sunlight is the most abundant renewable energy resource,providing the earth with enough power that is capable of taking care of all of humanity’s desires-a hundred times over.However,as it is at times diffuse and intermittent,it raises issues concerning how best to reap this energy and store it for times when the Sun is not shining.With increasing population in the world and modern economic development,there will be an additional increase in energy demand.Devices that use daylight to separate water into individual chemical elements may well be the answer to this issue,as water splitting produces an ideal fuel.If such devices that generate fuel were to become widely adopted,they must be low in cost,both for supplying and operation.Therefore,it is essential to research for cheap technologies for water ripping.This review summarizes the progress made toward such development,the open challenges existing,and the approaches undertaken to generate carbon-free energy through water splitting.展开更多
Indium tin oxide(ITO) thin film was deposited on glass substrate by means of vacuum evaporation technique and annealed at 200 ℃, 300℃ and 400 ℃ in air for 1 h. The characterization and properties of the deposited f...Indium tin oxide(ITO) thin film was deposited on glass substrate by means of vacuum evaporation technique and annealed at 200 ℃, 300℃ and 400 ℃ in air for 1 h. The characterization and properties of the deposited film samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy techniques. From the XRD patterns, it was found that the deposited thin film was of crystalline at an annealing temperature of 400℃. The crystalline phase was indexed as cubic structure with lattice constant and crystallite size of 0.511 nm and 40 nm, respectively. The SEM images showed that the films exhibited uniform surface morphology with well-defined spherical grains. The optical transmittance of ITO thin film annealed at 400 ℃ was improved from 44% to 84% in the wavelength range from 250 nm to 2 100 nm and an optical band gap was measured as 3.86 e V. Hall effect measurement was used to measure the resistivity and conductivity of the prepared film.展开更多
文摘Sunlight is the most abundant renewable energy resource,providing the earth with enough power that is capable of taking care of all of humanity’s desires-a hundred times over.However,as it is at times diffuse and intermittent,it raises issues concerning how best to reap this energy and store it for times when the Sun is not shining.With increasing population in the world and modern economic development,there will be an additional increase in energy demand.Devices that use daylight to separate water into individual chemical elements may well be the answer to this issue,as water splitting produces an ideal fuel.If such devices that generate fuel were to become widely adopted,they must be low in cost,both for supplying and operation.Therefore,it is essential to research for cheap technologies for water ripping.This review summarizes the progress made toward such development,the open challenges existing,and the approaches undertaken to generate carbon-free energy through water splitting.
文摘Indium tin oxide(ITO) thin film was deposited on glass substrate by means of vacuum evaporation technique and annealed at 200 ℃, 300℃ and 400 ℃ in air for 1 h. The characterization and properties of the deposited film samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy techniques. From the XRD patterns, it was found that the deposited thin film was of crystalline at an annealing temperature of 400℃. The crystalline phase was indexed as cubic structure with lattice constant and crystallite size of 0.511 nm and 40 nm, respectively. The SEM images showed that the films exhibited uniform surface morphology with well-defined spherical grains. The optical transmittance of ITO thin film annealed at 400 ℃ was improved from 44% to 84% in the wavelength range from 250 nm to 2 100 nm and an optical band gap was measured as 3.86 e V. Hall effect measurement was used to measure the resistivity and conductivity of the prepared film.
