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Carrier Photogeneration During UV-Vis Irradiation on Horizontal and Vertical Metal-Semiconductor Structures Based on Rutile-Phase TiO2 Nanoparticles

Authors:
Joel Molina
Carlos Zuniga
Edmundo Gutierrez
Eunice Mendoza
Jose Luis Sanchez
Erick Bandala

Keywords: TiO2; nanoparticles; photoresistor; UV light; photogeneration; sol-gel processing; metal-semiconductor.

Abstract:
In this work, rutile-phase TiO2 nanoparticles (np-TiO2) are embedded within a Spin-On Glass oxide matrix (using a simple and economic Sol-Gel method) and the final TiO2/SiO2 mixture is directly deposited on stripes of aluminum so that the electronic, physical, chemical and photocatalytic characteristics of the final dielectric structure are obtained and correlated when irradiated with UV-Vis light sources. The I-V characteristics of this simple structure present a reduction in its total resistance when irradiated with UV light (compared to dark conditions), thus revealing a very simple photoresistor with relatively-low quantum efficiency.

Pages: 41 to 45

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: August 25, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3514

ISBN: 978-1-61208-297-4

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from August 25, 2013 to August 31, 2013