Cadmium sulfide(Cd S) thin films have been prepared by a simple technique such as chemical bath deposition(CBD). A set of samples Cd S were deposited on glass substrates by varying the bath temperature from 55 to ...Cadmium sulfide(Cd S) thin films have been prepared by a simple technique such as chemical bath deposition(CBD). A set of samples Cd S were deposited on glass substrates by varying the bath temperature from 55 to 75 °C at fixed deposition time(25 min) in order to investigate the effect of deposition temperature on Cd S films physical properties. The determination of growth activation energy suggests that at low temperature Cd S film growth is governed by the release of Cd^(2+) ions in the solution. The structural characterization indicated that the Cd S films structure is cubic or hexagonal with preferential orientation along the direction(111) or(002), respectively. The optical characterization indicated that the films have a fairly high transparency, which varies between55% and 80% in the visible range of the optical spectrum, the refractive index varies from 1.85 to 2.5 and the optical gap value of which can reach 2.2 e V. It can be suggested that these properties make these films perfectly suitable for their use as window film in thin films based solar cells.展开更多
The first carbon aerogels prepared by autocondensation of condensed(flavonoid)tannin,a cheap renewable resource extracted from Mimosa barks,are presented.Mixing aqueous solutions of tannin and sodium silicate indeed p...The first carbon aerogels prepared by autocondensation of condensed(flavonoid)tannin,a cheap renewable resource extracted from Mimosa barks,are presented.Mixing aqueous solutions of tannin and sodium silicate indeed produced the very fast gelation of tannins,thus leading to organic hydrogels which were first converted into organic aerogels by supercritical drying,and then into carbon aerogels after pyrolysis at 900℃.Subsequent dissolution of the silica nanoparticles thus formed within the carbon structure further increased significantly the porosity of the materials.Silica thus appeared to be both the gelation catalyst and a pore-directing agent.In this work,the influence on the porosity of the silica/tannin ratio and of the nature of the etching agent used for removing the silica was thoroughly investigated by combining several techniques.The conditions for producing either the most porous materials or those with the highest surface areas were identified and discussed.展开更多
文摘Cadmium sulfide(Cd S) thin films have been prepared by a simple technique such as chemical bath deposition(CBD). A set of samples Cd S were deposited on glass substrates by varying the bath temperature from 55 to 75 °C at fixed deposition time(25 min) in order to investigate the effect of deposition temperature on Cd S films physical properties. The determination of growth activation energy suggests that at low temperature Cd S film growth is governed by the release of Cd^(2+) ions in the solution. The structural characterization indicated that the Cd S films structure is cubic or hexagonal with preferential orientation along the direction(111) or(002), respectively. The optical characterization indicated that the films have a fairly high transparency, which varies between55% and 80% in the visible range of the optical spectrum, the refractive index varies from 1.85 to 2.5 and the optical gap value of which can reach 2.2 e V. It can be suggested that these properties make these films perfectly suitable for their use as window film in thin films based solar cells.
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the CPER 2007–2013“Structuration du Pole de Competitivite Fibres Grand’Est”(Competitiveness Fibre Cluster,France)through local(Conseil General des Vosges),regional(Region Lorraine)national(DRRT and FNADT)and European(FEDER,France)funds.
文摘The first carbon aerogels prepared by autocondensation of condensed(flavonoid)tannin,a cheap renewable resource extracted from Mimosa barks,are presented.Mixing aqueous solutions of tannin and sodium silicate indeed produced the very fast gelation of tannins,thus leading to organic hydrogels which were first converted into organic aerogels by supercritical drying,and then into carbon aerogels after pyrolysis at 900℃.Subsequent dissolution of the silica nanoparticles thus formed within the carbon structure further increased significantly the porosity of the materials.Silica thus appeared to be both the gelation catalyst and a pore-directing agent.In this work,the influence on the porosity of the silica/tannin ratio and of the nature of the etching agent used for removing the silica was thoroughly investigated by combining several techniques.The conditions for producing either the most porous materials or those with the highest surface areas were identified and discussed.