Detalhes bibliográficos
Ano de defesa: |
2014 |
Autor(a) principal: |
Pinheiro, Antônio Narcisio |
Orientador(a): |
Leite, Edson Roberto
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Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
Tipo de documento: |
Tese
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Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
Idioma: |
por |
Instituição de defesa: |
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
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Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química - PPGQ
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Departamento: |
Não Informado pela instituição
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País: |
BR
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Palavras-chave em Português: |
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Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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Link de acesso: |
https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/20.500.14289/6323
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Resumo: |
Strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is an n-type semiconductor with high chemical and photochemical stability. This wide band gap oxide has a band gap energy of about 3.2 eV as well as a favorable energy for photocatalysis. In this study, we demonstrate an alternative and superior method to produce Nb-doped and undoped SrTiO3 photoanode thin films based on a colloidal deposition process which possess good activity under standard solar illumination conditions. Methanol was used as hole scavenger and the results showed that the semiconductor liquid junction (SCLJ) charge accumulation is not an important mechanism to control the photocurrent density and overpotential. In addition, experimental results suggest that the dominance of photocurrent density is controlled by the potential at the surface space charge layer for the Nb-doped SrTiO3 and by recombination at the depletion layer for the undoped oxide. |