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CdS decorated titania nanotube arrays by ultrasonic assistance and covered with ZnO film: enhanced transient photoelectric response and stability

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Firmly-structured titania nanotube arrays (TNAs) were fabricated by electrochemical anodization at high voltage in very short time. A novel approach was developed to decorate CdS nanoclusters on tube top and quantum dots on tube side walls by using the method of ultrasonically-assisted successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (U-SILAR). This U-SILAR not only helps remove the defective structure from the top surface of TNAs but also improve the adhesion of CdS on TNAs. Moreover, the photoelectric current of U-SILAR samples shows significant enhancement as compared with the samples fabricated by traditional SILAR. As a cover layer, ZnO film was found to further improve the photoelectric performance of the sandwich nanocomposite film. The mechanism was investigated. Finally, the properties of interface in nanocomposite system were studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The processes developed in this study can be adopted to fabricate sandwich nanostructures of other materials system with desired properties for device applications.

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This work has been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51272001, 31672058, and 30972053), National Key Basic Research Program (2013CB632705), National quality & safety risk assessment of Agro-products Program of China (GJFP201500501), Public sector (Agriculture) research Program of China (201303088-11), and the Key Program of the Education Department of Anhui Province (KJ2016A891). Chunbin Cao and Jingbiao Cui gratefully acknowledge the scholarship support from the Chinese Scholarship Council.

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  1. Horticulture Postdoctoral Station, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130, Changjang Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui Province, China

    Chunbin Cao & Rimao Hua

  2. School of Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China

    Chunbin Cao, Guoshun Zhang & Jian Ye

  3. School of Physics and Material Science, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, China

    Zhaoqi Sun

  4. Department of Physics & Materials Science, University of Memphis, Memphis, 38152, USA

    Jingbiao Cui

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Cao, C., Zhang, G., Ye, J. et al. CdS decorated titania nanotube arrays by ultrasonic assistance and covered with ZnO film: enhanced transient photoelectric response and stability. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 1123–1130 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-8014-z

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