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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 49, Issue 16, Pages 26950-26961Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.05.234
Keywords
Hydrothermal synthesis; p-SnO nanoparticle/n-ZnSnO3 nanorod array heterojunction film; Piezotronic effect; Piezophototronic effect; Piezophotodegradation
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We synthesized n-ZnSnO3 nanorod array films decorated with p-SnO nanoparticles and investigated their synergistic piezoelectricity-induced applications. The conductivity type of the materials was determined using Mott-Schottky measurements and an energy band diagram. The study revealed the positive effect of piezoelectricity on photodegradation, and demonstrated the functionality of wide-bandgap materials in the visible-light range through a p-n junction.
We investigated the hydrothermal fabrication of n-ZnSnO3 nanorod array films decorated with various ratios of p-SnO nanoparticles on fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates and their synergistic piezoelectricity-induced applications. We used Mott-Schottky measurements and an energy band diagram to determine the materials' conductivity type. The associated current-voltage characteristics and charge transport behavior were elucidated by investigating Schottky barriers, Schottky emissions, tunneling, depletion regions, and piezopotential-induced energy band bending. The piezoelectric coefficients (d(33)) of the ZnSnO3 nanorod array and the Composite II film were measured to be approximately 15.4 and 17.3 p.m..V-1, respectively. Theoretical simulation of piezopotential distributions revealed that compressive deformation was predominant for samples under stress. The Composite II film exhibited reliable piezophotodegradation activity for rhodamine B (RhB) solutions, with a degradation rate constant of approximately 1.2 x 10(-2) min(-1) under visible-light irradiation, approximately 2.5 times that of the individual ZnSnO3 film, partially due to intimate contact between the two constitutive components, high electrochemical surface areas, and facilitated charge carrier transport resulting from piezopotential-induced energy band bending. This study revealed the positive effect of piezoelectricity on photodegradation and established a paradigm to allow wide-bandgap materials to function in the visible-light range through a p-n junction.
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