1. Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Sub-10 nm TiO2-Ga2O3n-p Heterojunctions with Efficient Photocatalytic Activity by Atomic Layer Deposition
- Author
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Xu, Hongyan, Han, Feng, Xia, Chengkai, Wang, Siyan, Ramachandran, Ranish M, Detavernier, Christophe, Wei, Minsong, Lin, Liwei, and Zhuiykov, Serge
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TiO2-Ga2O3 ,n-p heterostructures ,atomic layer deposition ,2D semiconductors ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Materials Engineering ,Nanotechnology ,Nanoscience & Nanotechnology - Abstract
Wafer-scale, conformal, two-dimensional (2D) TiO2-Ga2O3 n-p heterostructures with a thickness of less than 10 nm were fabricated on the Si/SiO2 substrates by the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique for the first time with subsequent post-deposition annealing at a temperature of 250 °C. The best deposition parameters were established. The structure and morphology of 2D TiO2-Ga2O3 n-p heterostructures were characterized by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), etc. 2D TiO2-Ga2O3 n-p heterostructures demonstrated efficient photocatalytic activity towards methyl orange (MO) degradation at the UV light (λ = 254 nm) irradiation. The improvement of TiO2-Ga2O3 n-p heterostructure capabilities is due to the development of the defects on Ga2O3-TiO2 interface, which were able to trap electrons faster.
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- 2019