Low Temperature Synthesis of Monodisperse, Highly Quantized CdX Nanoparticles and Subsequent Fabrication of Thin Film Photoanodes via Electrophoretic Deposition

Poster Number

061

Submitting Student(s)

Cale B. Gaster, Winthrop University

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Chemistry, Physics, Geology, & the Environment

Faculty Mentor

Clifton Harris, Ph.D.

Abstract

A low-temperature, ambient-atmosphere synthetic method for the fabrication of quantized, monodisperse cadmium chalogenide nanoparticles with high zeta potentials has been developed. These particles can be used to obtain uniform, transparent thin films by electrophoretic deposition, which may be utilized for photo-catalyzed hydrogen evolution from water. Subsequent addition of a second layer of an oxygen-evolving catalyst may provide a pathway for the prevention of hole-induced decomposition of the CdX layer and allow for sustainable water splitting without the use of sacrificial additives or external biases.

Previously Presented/Performed?

South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA State Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, April 2018

Grant Support?

Supported by an REU grant from the South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Program

Start Date

20-4-2018 2:15 PM

End Date

20-4-2018 4:15 PM

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Low Temperature Synthesis of Monodisperse, Highly Quantized CdX Nanoparticles and Subsequent Fabrication of Thin Film Photoanodes via Electrophoretic Deposition

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A low-temperature, ambient-atmosphere synthetic method for the fabrication of quantized, monodisperse cadmium chalogenide nanoparticles with high zeta potentials has been developed. These particles can be used to obtain uniform, transparent thin films by electrophoretic deposition, which may be utilized for photo-catalyzed hydrogen evolution from water. Subsequent addition of a second layer of an oxygen-evolving catalyst may provide a pathway for the prevention of hole-induced decomposition of the CdX layer and allow for sustainable water splitting without the use of sacrificial additives or external biases.