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Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Semiconductor Electrode Nanomaterials for the Dye Synthesized Solar Cell

염료감응 태양전지 전극용 반도체 나노 물질의 광전자분광 연구

  • Kim, Hyun Woo (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Eunsook (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, D.H. (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Seong, Seungho (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kang, J.-S. (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Moon, S.Y. (Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Shin, Yuju (Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2015.09.08
  • Accepted : 2015.10.19
  • Published : 2015.10.31
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Abstract

The electronic structures of the potential candidate semiconductor nanoparticles for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), such as $ZnSnO_3$ and $Zn_2SnO_4$, have been investigated by employing X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). The measured X-ray diffraction patterns show that $ZnSnO_3$ and $Zn_2SnO_4$ samples have the single-phase ilmenite-type structure and the inverse spinel structure, respectively. The measured Zn 2p and Sn 3d core-level XPS spectra reveal that the valence states of Zn and Sn ions are divalent (Zn 2+) and tetravalent (Sn 4+), respectively, in both $ZnSnO_3$ and $Zn_2SnO_4$. On the other hand, the shallow core-level measurements show that the binding energies of Sn 4d and Zn 3d core levels in $ZnSnO_3$ are lower than those in $Zn_2SnO_4$. This work provides the information on the valence states of Zn and Sn ions and their chemical bonding in $ZnSnO_3$ and $Zn_2SnO_4$.

이 연구에서는 X-선 광전자분광법(X-ray photoemission spectroscopy: XPS)을 이용하여 염료감응 태양전지의 전극용 후보 물질에 속하는 $ZnSnO_3$와 $Zn_2SnO_4$의 전자 구조를 연구하였다. 제조된 시료들에 대한 X-선 회절 측정에 의하면 $ZnSnO_3$와 $Zn_2SnO_4$ 시료는 각각 단일상의 ilmenite(IL) 구조와 역스피넬(inverse spinel) 구조를 가지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. Zn 2p와 Sn 3d 내각준위 XPS 측정으로부터 $ZnSnO_3$와 $Zn_2SnO_4$ 두 시료 모두에서 Zn 이온은 2가 (Zn 2+) 상태이며, Sn 이온은 4가 (Sn 4+) 상태임을 알 수 있었다. 한편 얕은 내각준위 XPS 스펙트럼의 측정에서는 $ZnSnO_3$의 Sn 4d와 Zn 3d 내각 준위들의 결합에너지가 $Zn_2SnO_4$에서 보다 다소 작게 관찰되었다. 이 연구로부터 $ZnSnO_3$와 $Zn_2SnO_4$에서의 각 이온의 원자가 상태와 화학적 결합 상태에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있었다.

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