Journal
VACUUM
Volume 212, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2023.112035
Keywords
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ); Tungsten oxide (WO 3 ); Au nanoparticle (Au NP); Self -assembled monolayer (SAM); Surface plasmon resonance
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A simple sputtering/annealing procedure is used to fabricate WO3-loaded TiO2 films on solar panel glass. Gold nanoparticles (NPs) are loaded on the film using a self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) seeding process. The TW@Au film shows impressive self-cleaning performance under both visible light and ultraviolet light, which is attributed to the surface plasmonic resonance of the Au NPs and the matching of the TiO2/WO3 band structure.
A straightforward sputtering/annealing procedure is used to fabricate WO3-loaded anatase-TiO2 (TW) films on solar panel glass. A self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) seeding process that involves soaking an SAM-coated TW film sequentially in the aqueous solutions of SC-1 and HAuCl4-H2O2 is then used to load sub-10-nm-sized Au nanoparticles (NPs) on the TW film, denoted TW@Au. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is utilized to establish the relationship between monolayer's structural changes and Au-NP immobilization, as well as the chemical reactions for the formation of the Au NPs. Comparative evaluations of self-cleaning performance reveal that the TW film is inactive to visible light and only responds to ultraviolet light displaying a superhydrophilic surface for 3 months. By contrast, even under cyclic darkroom storage, the TW@Au film generates a durable super -hydrophilic surface for half a year toward visible light; it responds strongly to ultraviolet light, holding a superhydrophilic surface for 300 days. The mechanism for the photocatalysis enhancement is elucidated by the surface plasmonic resonance of the Au NPs and the matching of the TiO2/WO3 band structure. The enormous potential of the TW@Au ternary film fully utilizing solar light as a source of self-cleaning glass panel of photovoltaic devices is discussed.
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