Au@CdS Core-Shell Nanoparticles-Modified ZnO Nanowires Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Hydrogen production from water splitting using solar energy based on photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells has attracted increasing attention because it leaves less of a carbon footprint and has economic superiority of solar and hydrogen energy. Oxide semiconductors such as ZnO possessing high stability...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-803302023-12-29T06:46:01Z Au@CdS Core-Shell Nanoparticles-Modified ZnO Nanowires Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Guo, Chun Xian Xie, Jiale Yang, Hongbin Li, Chang Ming School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering core–shell CdS Hydrogen production from water splitting using solar energy based on photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells has attracted increasing attention because it leaves less of a carbon footprint and has economic superiority of solar and hydrogen energy. Oxide semiconductors such as ZnO possessing high stability against photocorrosion in hole scavenger systems have been widely used to build photoanodes of PEC cells but under visible light their conversion efficiencies with respect to incident-photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) measured without external bias are still not satisfied. An innovative way is presented here to significantly improve the conversion efficiency of PEC cells by constructing a core–shell structure-based photoanode comprising Au@CdS core–shell nanoparticles on ZnO nanowires (Au@CdS-ZnO). The Au core offers strong electronic interactions with both CdS and ZnO resulting in a unique nanojunction to facilitate charge transfer. The Au@CdS-ZnO PEC cell under 400 nm light irradiation without any applied bias provides an IPCE of 14.8%. Under AM1.5 light illumination with a bias of 0.4 V, the Au@CdS-ZnO PEC cell produces H2 at a constant rate of 11.5 μmol h−1 as long as 10 h. This work provides a fundamental insight to improve the conversion efficiency for visible light in water splitting. Published version 2017-03-01T04:31:22Z 2019-12-06T13:47:19Z 2017-03-01T04:31:22Z 2019-12-06T13:47:19Z 2015 Journal Article Guo, C. X., Xie, J., Yang, H., & Li, C. M. (2015). Au@CdS Core-Shell Nanoparticles-Modified ZnO Nanowires Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Advanced Science, 2(12), 1500135-. 2198-3844 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80330 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42139 10.1002/advs.201500135 en Advanced Science © 2015 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 6 p. application/pdf |
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Hydrogen production from water splitting using solar energy based on photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells has attracted increasing attention because it leaves less of a carbon footprint and has economic superiority of solar and hydrogen energy. Oxide semiconductors such as ZnO possessing high stability against photocorrosion in hole scavenger systems have been widely used to build photoanodes of PEC cells but under visible light their conversion efficiencies with respect to incident-photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) measured without external bias are still not satisfied. An innovative way is presented here to significantly improve the conversion efficiency of PEC cells by constructing a core–shell structure-based photoanode comprising Au@CdS core–shell nanoparticles on ZnO nanowires (Au@CdS-ZnO). The Au core offers strong electronic interactions with both CdS and ZnO resulting in a unique nanojunction to facilitate charge transfer. The Au@CdS-ZnO PEC cell under 400 nm light irradiation without any applied bias provides an IPCE of 14.8%. Under AM1.5 light illumination with a bias of 0.4 V, the Au@CdS-ZnO PEC cell produces H2 at a constant rate of 11.5 μmol h−1 as long as 10 h. This work provides a fundamental insight to improve the conversion efficiency for visible light in water splitting. |
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