title: Photoelectrochemical cell studies of Fe(2+) doped ZnSe nanorods using the potentiostatic mode of electrodeposition.
abstract: The Fe(2+) doped ZnSe nanorods are synthesized using simple potentiostatic mode of electrodeposition on the ITO substrate. In order to study the doping effect of Fe(2+) in ZnSe, varied the doing percent such as 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%. These films are characterized for structural, compositional, morphological, optical and electrochemical properties using the X-ray diffraction study (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy and electrochemical spectroscopy. Along with these Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy have been studied for understanding the characteristics vibrations of ZnSe and luminescence of ZnSe nanorods. FE-SEM shows the nanorods like morphology. Photoelectrochemical cell performance studied using the J-V measurement and it shows the maximum efficiency at 1% Fe(2+) doped ZnSe nanorods. The observed maximum efficiency of Fe(2+) doped ZnSe nanorods is 0.32%.
authors.affiliation: Holography and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416 004, MH, India.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lohar
authors.affiliation: Holography and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416 004, MH, India.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.affiliation: Holography and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416 004, MH, India.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Takale
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Radiation and Photochemistry Division, BARC, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.affiliation: Holography and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416 004, MH, India. Electronic address: vijayfulari@gmail.com.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Fulari
keywords: Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Nanorods; Photoelectrochemical cell performance