Temperature effects on the electrodeposition of semiconductors from a weakly coordinating solvent
Temperature effects on the electrodeposition of semiconductors from a weakly coordinating solvent
Temperature is an important variable in electrochemistry, increasing the operating temperature has the capacity to provide significant increases in mass transport and electron transfer rates. In the case of electrodeposition, it can also allow the deposition of crystalline material which would otherwise be amorphous when grown at lower temperatures. In this work we exploit a high boiling point, weakly coordinating solvent, o-dichlorobenzene, to electrodeposit the p-block semiconductors antimony and antimony telluride at temperatures up to 140 °C. The effect of the temperature on the morphology and crystallinity of the deposits is investigated using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and optical microscopy. An attempt is also made to rationalise the role of temperature in electrodeposition and its influence on the aforementioned properties.
Semiconductor electrodeposition, Temperature effects, Weakly coordinating solvents
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Black, Alexander W.
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Zhang, Wenjian
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Noori, Yasir J.
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Reid, Gillian
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Bartlett, Philip N.
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1 September 2023
Black, Alexander W.
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Zhang, Wenjian
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Noori, Yasir J.
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Reid, Gillian
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Bartlett, Philip N.
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Black, Alexander W., Zhang, Wenjian, Noori, Yasir J., Reid, Gillian and Bartlett, Philip N.
(2023)
Temperature effects on the electrodeposition of semiconductors from a weakly coordinating solvent.
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 944 (9), , [117638].
(doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117638).
Abstract
Temperature is an important variable in electrochemistry, increasing the operating temperature has the capacity to provide significant increases in mass transport and electron transfer rates. In the case of electrodeposition, it can also allow the deposition of crystalline material which would otherwise be amorphous when grown at lower temperatures. In this work we exploit a high boiling point, weakly coordinating solvent, o-dichlorobenzene, to electrodeposit the p-block semiconductors antimony and antimony telluride at temperatures up to 140 °C. The effect of the temperature on the morphology and crystallinity of the deposits is investigated using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and optical microscopy. An attempt is also made to rationalise the role of temperature in electrodeposition and its influence on the aforementioned properties.
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Temperature effects on the electrodeposition of semiconductors
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 June 2023
Published date: 1 September 2023
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This work was supported by the EPSRC through the Advanced Devices by Electroplating program grant (ADEPT; EP/N035437/1). The authors also thank the EPSRC for funding the Smartlab diffractometer under EP/K00509X/1 and EP/K009877/1. All data supporting this study are openly available from the University of Southampton repository at https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2648.
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This work was supported by the EPSRC through the Advanced Devices by Electroplating program grant (ADEPT; EP/N035437/1). The authors also thank the EPSRC for funding the Smartlab diffractometer under EP/K00509X/1 and EP/K009877/1. All data supporting this study are openly available from the University of Southampton repository at https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2648.
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Semiconductor electrodeposition, Temperature effects, Weakly coordinating solvents
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479994
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