Year
2020
Degree Name
Masters of Philosophy in Electromaterials
Department
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
Abstract
This thesis is based on the development of p-type dye-sensitized semiconductor electrodes decorated with silver particles for use in the photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. The major achievement of my work was to deposit silver particles onto the dye-sensitized semiconductor electrode through a photoelectrochemical reduction process and to study the effects of different conditions of concentration and time on silver deposition. The deposition of silver particles onto a dye sensitized semi conductor electrode has been done for the first time to our knowledge unlike the metal particle deposition on bare semiconductors in the past. The use of the dye reduces the overall band gap of the system and carbon dioxide reduction can be carried out with less negative potential as the dye inject the hole into the conduction band of nickel oxide at the application of a less negative potential.
Recommended Citation
Irfan, Mehmood, Development of p-type dye sensitized electrodes decorated with silver for photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, Masters of Philosophy in Electromaterials thesis, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, 2020. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/899
FoR codes (2008)
0904 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 0912 MATERIALS ENGINEERING, 0915 INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.