Protocol on the fabrication of monocrystalline thin semiconductor via crack-assisted layer exfoliation technique for photoelectrochemical water-splitting

Yonghwan Lee; Bikesh Gupta; Hark H. Tan; Chennupati Jagadish; Jihun Oh; Siva Karuturi

STAR Protocols (Mar 2022)

Protocol on the fabrication of monocrystalline thin semiconductor via crack-assisted layer exfoliation technique for photoelectrochemical water-splitting

Yonghwan Lee,
Bikesh Gupta,
Hark H. Tan,
Chennupati Jagadish,
Jihun Oh,
Siva Karuturi

Affiliations

Yonghwan Lee: Convergence Materials Research Center, Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute (GERI), Gumi 39171, Republic of Korea; Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Corresponding author
Bikesh Gupta: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Hark H. Tan: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Chennupati Jagadish: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Jihun Oh: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Siva Karuturi: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Corresponding author

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 101015

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Summary: Thin semiconductors attract huge interest due to their cost-effective, flexible, lightweight, and semi-transparent properties. Here, we present a protocol on the preparation of thin semiconductor via controlled crack-assisted layer exfoliation technique. The protocol details the fabrication procedure for producing thin monocrystalline semiconductors with thicknesses in the range of a few tens of micrometers from thick donor substrates. In addition, we describe proof-of-concept application of the thin semiconductors for photoelectrochemical water-splitting to produce hydrogen fuel.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Lee et al. (2021).

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ISSN: 2666-1667 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General)
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