A Comparative Performance Study of Plasmon-induced Charge Separation of Au@TiO₂, Au@Fe₂O₃, and Au@ZnO Photocell Thin-films

The gold colloidal nanoparticles was prepared by citrate reduction from chloroauric acid (HAuCl4·4H2O). An ITO glass was coated with nanoporous TiO2, Fe2O3 and ZnO by squeegee method. The squeezing coated films were loaded with Au-nanoparticles by depositing technique. The film was characterized by UV-visible transmittance absorption spectroscopy, SEM, XRD, XPS, and EDX techniques. The Pt counter electrode was prepared by a magnetron sputter...