Low-Temperature (70° C) Ambient Air Plasma-Fabrication of Inkjet-Printed Mesoporous TiO2 Flexible Photoanodes

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/aa88e6" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/aa88e6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/aa88e6" target="_blank" >10.1088/2058-8585/aa88e6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Low-Temperature (70° C) Ambient Air Plasma-Fabrication of Inkjet-Printed Mesoporous TiO2 Flexible Photoanodes

Original language description

Titania/silica electron-generating and -transporting nanocomposite 300-nm layers of high porosity were deposited onto ITO/PET flexible foils using inkjet printing. Prior to printing, the ITO surface had been modified by novel low-temperature ambient air roll-to-roll plasma in order to enhance its surface properties by removing carbon and oxygen contaminants, a process that led to rapid improvement of surface energy. Consequently the ITO work function, an important parameter involving charge injection efficiency in energy harvesting systems, increased by 1 eV. Afterwards, the TiO2/methyl-silica ink exhibited excellent wetting on a 2-s plasma-treated ITO surface. The coating was further processed/mineralized by an additional low-temperature ambient air plasma treatment step. The plasma processing of raw photoanodes led to the mineralization of the methyl-silica binder which resulted in the formation of a fully inorganic TiO2/SiO2 mesoporous structure and significantly increased electrophotocatalytic activity, leading to increased photocurrents. The entire two-step plasma process was performed at low-temperature (70 °C) and high speeds, enabling practical applications of such a procedure for large-area fabrication of flexible photoanodes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Flexible and Printed Electronics

ISSN

2058-8585

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000419284000006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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