Preparation of inkjet-printed titanium monoxide as p-type absorber layer for photovoltaic purposes

Enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activities of reduced TiO2−x/BiOCl heterojunctions

“…As a high-performance semiconductor, TiO is capable of bringing additional high conductivity to this heterojunction system [10,26]. ratio.…”

“…In such a way, the photogenerated electron-hole pairs are further effectively separated, resulting in an enhanced PEC performance [59,60]. Furthermore, the reduced TiO 2-x possesses higher electron conductivity than that of pure TiO 2 , which is in favor of transporting photogenerated electrons to the counter electrode [10,11,26].…”

Nucleophilic stabilization of water-based reactive ink for titania-based thin film inkjet printing

“…In this work, we design a water-based TiO2 reactive ink both with suitable printability features and characterized by remarkable long term stability. Titania is selected as case study for its high relevance in a variety of strategic technologies and because its potential of inkjet printing (either as colloidal or sol-gel ink) has been long proven [28][29][30][31][32][33]. Moreover, while the influence of ligands on the final properties of water-based titania reactive ink has been reported in a few cases [33], at the best of our knowledge, no studies describe the formulation and use of waterbased reactive TiO2 inks considering inkjet printability criteria and the limitations in the long term stability [26,27].…”

Recent advances and prospects of inkjet printing in heterogeneous catalysis

“…Surfactants such as Abesone and Triton X-100 act as dispersing agents and reduce the surface tension of metal oxide colloidal solutions. 100,101 Co-polymer macromolecules such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) are used to increase the layer uniformity and prevent cracking during the post thermal treatments. 102 They also hinder the coffee ring effect caused by the capillary flow of particles from the droplet centre to the evaporation interface.…”