Spray-pyrolysis – TechConnect Briefs

Flexible fluorine-doped tin oxide based composite electrodes for photovoltaic applications

Giusti G., Puyoo E., Langley D.P., Consonni V., Bellet D., Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (LMGP), FR

Fluorine-doped tin dioxide (FTO) thin films were deposited via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis directly on preheated polyimide (PI) - DuPont™ Kapton® polyimide flexible film substrates. All the FTO films deposited on PI substrates exhibited polycrystalline cassiterite [...]

Flexible fluorine-doped tin oxide based composite electrodes for photovoltaic applications

Giusti G., Puyoo E., Langley D.P., Consonni V., Bellet D., Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (LMGP), FR

Fluorine-doped tin dioxide (FTO) thin films were deposited via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis directly on preheated polyimide (PI) - DuPont™ Kapton® polyimide flexible film substrates. All the FTO films deposited on PI substrates exhibited polycrystalline cassiterite [...]

Growth of improved ultrathin pristine SnO2 films by electric field modified spray pyrolysis technique

Shikha S., Pandya D.K., Kashyap S.C., Chaudhary S., IIT Delhi, IN

In the present paper, deposition of good quality polycrystalline pristine SnO2 thin films (25-200 nm) at ~ 450C by a modified spray pyrolysis technique is reported.DC electric field is applied during deposition to improve growth [...]

Growth of improved ultrathin pristine SnO2 films by electric field modified spray pyrolysis technique

Shikha S., Pandya D.K., Kashyap S.C., Chaudhary S., IIT Delhi, IN

In the present paper, deposition of good quality polycrystalline pristine SnO2 thin films (25-200 nm) at ~ 450C by a modified spray pyrolysis technique is reported.DC electric field is applied during deposition to improve growth [...]

Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized using Continuous Spray Pyrolysis Reactor

Dutta V., Phanikaran B. V., Dwivedi C., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IN

ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by injecting atomized droplets of spray solution containing zinc precursor into a heated reactor. Structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles thus created were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron microscopy [...]

Spray Pyrolysis Technology for Nanodimensional Film Gas Sensors Manufacturing

Dmitriev S., Goglidze T., Dementiev I., Moldova State University, MD

Report presents results of investigations aimed spray pyrolysis technology application for nano-dimensional film gas sensors (NDFGS) manufacturing. It is shown that due to spray deposition installation modification the developed technology of nanodimensional gas sensitive film [...]

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Undoped/Doped CuO Films and their Application in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Chaudhary Y.S., Shrivastav R., Satsangi V.R., Dass S., Dayalbagh Educational Institute, IN

Metal oxide semiconductors are the most promising materials for photoelectrochemical production of hydrogen on account of a) easy availability, b) low cost, c) simple preparation methods and d) stability. The nanostructured metal oxides are in [...]