Tailoring Electro/Optical Properties of Transparent Boron-Doped Carbon Nanowalls Grown on Quartz

Mattia Pierpaoli; Mateusz Ficek; Michał Rycewicz; Mirosław Sawczak; Jakub Karczewski; Maria Letizia Ruello; Robert Bogdanowicz

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Tailoring Electro/Optical Properties of Transparent Boron-Doped Carbon Nanowalls Grown on Quartz

Abstract

Carbon nanowalls (CNWs) have attracted much attention for numerous applications in electrical devices because of their peculiar structural characteristics. However, it is possible to set synthesis parameters to vary the electrical and optical properties of such CNWs. In this paper, we demonstrate the direct growth of highly transparent boron-doped nanowalls (B-CNWs) on optical grade fused quartz. The effect of growth temperature and boron doping on the behavior of boron-doped carbon nanowalls grown on quartz was studied in particular. Temperature and boron inclusion doping level allow for direct tuning of CNW morphology. It is possible to operate with both parameters to obtain a transparent and conductive film; however, boron doping is a preferred factor to maintain the transparency in the visible region, while a higher growth temperature is more effective to improve conductance. Light transmittance and electrical conductivity are mainly influenced by growth temperature and then by boron doping. Tailoring B-CNWs has important implications for potential applications of such electrically conductive transparent electrodes designed for energy conversion and storage devices.

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Mattia Pierpaoli M.Sc.
- Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy Department of Materials
Mateusz Ficek dr inż.
Michał Rycewicz dr inż.
Mirosław Sawczak dr hab. inż.
- Polish Academy of Sciences, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Fiszera 14, 80-231 Gdansk, Poland
Jakub Karczewski dr hab. inż.
Maria Letizia Ruello Profesor
- Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy Department of Materials
Robert Bogdanowicz dr hab. inż.

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Materials no. 12, pages 1 - 13,
ISSN: 1996-1944

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English

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2019

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Pierpaoli M., Ficek M., Rycewicz M., Sawczak M., Karczewski J., Ruello M. L., Bogdanowicz R.: Tailoring Electro/Optical Properties of Transparent Boron-Doped Carbon Nanowalls Grown on Quartz// Materials. -Vol. 12, iss. 3 (2019), s.1-13

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10.3390/ma12030547

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The financial support received from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN) under grant nos. 2016/21/B/ST7/01430, 2016/22/E/ST7/00102, and 2014/14/M/ST5/00715. This work was partially supported by the Science for Peace Program of NATO (grant no. G5147).
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