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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2015.25.5.156

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

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)
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Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society / v.25, no.5, 2015 , pp. 156-161 More about this Journal
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 $Zn_2SnO_4$.
Keywords
photoelectron spectroscopy; dye synthesized solar cell (DSSC); $ZnSnO_3$; $Zn_2SnO_4$;
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