Enhancement in incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency of manganese-decorated activated carbon-supported cadmium sulfide nanocomposite

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dc.authoridKutluay, Sinan/0000-0002-4987-6789
dc.contributor.authorBatur, Ebru
dc.contributor.authorBaytar, Orhan
dc.contributor.authorHoroz, Sabit
dc.contributor.authorSahin, Omer
dc.contributor.authorKutluay, Sinan
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:24:39Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn the current study, cadmium sulfide (CdS), activated carbon (AC)-supported CdS (CdS/AC) and manganese (Mn)-decorated CdS/AC semiconductor materials fabricated by the chemical precipitation method are used as sensitizers and the incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) values of the obtained semiconductor-based solar cell structures are evaluated. The fabricated semiconductor materials, which provide the best IPCE value, are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). SEM images of the Mn-decorated CdS/AC semiconductor material showed that CdS and Mn settled in the mesopores, forming a homogeneous microporous structure on the surface. Based on the XRD, EDX and XPS analysis findings, it is concluded that CdS, CdS/AC and Mn-decorated CdS/AC semiconductor materials are successfully fabricated. The optimum concentration of CdS with a maximum IPCE (%) is found as 10% (for CdS/AC). An extraordinary increase in IPCE (%) of 3% Mn-decorated 10% CdS/AC semiconductor material (from 4.70 to 55.09%) is observed compared to pure CdS. Thus, the ability to increase the photovoltaic efficiency of CdS-based solar cells, which are widely used in photovoltaic applications, with AC support has been clearly demonstrated. The findings of this study indicates that Mn-decorated CdS/AC fabrication is an effective strategy to greatly increase the IPCE (%) and Mn-decorated CdS/AC is a promising nanocomposite to improve solar cell efficiency of semiconductor-based solar cell structures.
dc.description.sponsorshipSiirt University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit [2020-SIUFEB-019]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Siirt University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit under Project Number 2020-SIUFEB-019.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10854-022-08521-1
dc.identifier.endpage16296
dc.identifier.issn0957-4522
dc.identifier.issn1573-482X
dc.identifier.issue20
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85131549519
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage16286
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08521-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/6085
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000809539900008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.titleEnhancement in incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency of manganese-decorated activated carbon-supported cadmium sulfide nanocomposite
dc.typeArticle

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