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Porous CdSe0.6Te0.4 nanoflowers-nanosphere: facile electrochemical synthesis and excellent for photoelectrochemical cell performance

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Cadmium seleno-telluride (CdSe0.6Te0.4) ternary thin films were deposited on the stainless steel and indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) glass substrates by potentiostatic mode at different bath concentrations. The effect of the different bath concentration on the physico-chemical properties of the CdSe0.6Te0.4 was investigated in detail. Synthesized three different CdSe0.6Te0.4 thin films were characterized using x-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and contact angle measurements. XRD patterns shown the establishment  of the CdSe0.6Te0.4 thin films . FE-SEM micrographs showed the development of the different nanostructures of the CdSe0.6Te0.4 samples with respect to the bath different concentration. Further photoelectrochemical cell performance of the CdSe0.6Te0.4 films was studied by forming the two-electrode cell having an arrangement; CdSe0.6Te0.4/1 M polysulfide electrolyte/counter electrode. These studies show that considerable increase in the power conversion with respect to the bath concentration and maximum efficiency is  0.96% under 30 mW/cm2 illumination.

SEM images with corresponding J-V plots of CdSe0.6Te0.4 thin films deposited at 0.050 M.

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Acknowledgments

Analysis of CdSe0.6Te0.4 samples was supported by Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea Research Fund 2016–2018. One of the authors (VJF) is grateful to the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, for financial support through the scheme no. MRP. MAJOR-PHYS-2013-35168.

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  1. Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Junggu, Seoul, 100-715, South Korea

    S. K. Shinde, G. S. Ghodake, Sungyeol Kim & D. Y. Kim

  2. Holography and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416 004, India

    N. C. Maile, H. D. Dhaygude & V. J. Fulari

  3. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Gyeongsang Namdo, Jinju, 52828, South Korea

    A. D. Phule

  4. Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 410-820, Republic of Korea

    Rahul V. Patel

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• Electrochemical synthesis of CdSe0.6Te0.4 thin films

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Shinde, S.K., Ghodake, G.S., Maile, N.C. et al. Porous CdSe0.6Te0.4 nanoflowers-nanosphere: facile electrochemical synthesis and excellent for photoelectrochemical cell performance. Ionics 23, 2489–2496 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2077-y

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