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Photoelectrical properties of anatase TiO2 with different morphologies under Au plasmonic effect

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The effect of Au plasmonic on the photoelectrical properties of TiO2 nanostructure with different morphologies, i.e. nanosphericals, nanowalls, and nanorods, has been investigated. We found that the morphology strongly influences the nature of photoelectrical property modification by the Au plasmonic effect. TiO2 nanowalls with large-area (001) facet, i.e. the second highest energy facet in anatase phase, undergo the highest in the properties changes that were followed by the nanorods and nanosphericals. However, owing to the performance of DSSC device depends on the nature of photoanode attachment on the FTO substrate, the highest photovoltaic performance was given by the TiO2 nanorods, which is the strongest attachment onto the substrate surface. The present results can provide a straightforward approach for realizing high-performance DSSC device.

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The authors are grateful for financial support from Universitas Andalas for supporting this project under PDUPT Grant no. 163/SP2H/LT/DRPM/2019 and the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia under FRGS/1/2019/STG02/UKM/02/03. The project is also partly supported by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia under MI-2019-001.

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    Dahyunir Dahlan & Andhika Dwipanur Priya Utama

  2. Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Nabilah Alias, Siti Khatijah Md Saad, Muhamad Adam Ramli, Nurul Ain Abd Malek, Mohd Mustaqim Rosli, Nur Adliha Abdullah & Akrajas Ali Umar

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Dahlan, D., Alias, N., Saad, S.K.M. et al. Photoelectrical properties of anatase TiO2 with different morphologies under Au plasmonic effect. Appl. Phys. A 126, 734 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-03910-x

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