scholarly journals Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting by SrTiO3 with Surface Oxygen Vacancies

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2572
Author(s):  
Yanfei Fan ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Hongyu Cui ◽  
Wen Wang ◽  
Qiaoyan Shang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Vacancies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Surface Oxygen ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Overall Water Splitting

Strontium Titanate has a typical perovskite structure with advantages of low cost and photochemical stability. However, the wide bandgap and rapid recombination of electrons and holes limited its application in photocatalysis. In this work, a SrTiO3 material with surface oxygen vacancies was synthesized via carbon reduction under a high temperature. It was successfully applied for photocatalytic overall water splitting to produce clean hydrogen energy under visible light irradiation without any sacrificial reagent for the first time. The photocatalytic overall water splitting ability of the as-prepared SrTiO3-C950 is attributed to the surface oxygen vacancies that can make suitable energy levels for visible light response, improving the separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated carriers.

Electrodeposition of Ni3Se2/MoSex as a bifunctional electrocatalyst towards highly-efficient overall water splitting

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (45) ◽  
pp. 23125-23133
Author(s):  
Yifan Tian ◽  
Xinying Xue ◽  
Yu Gu ◽  
Zhaoxi Yang ◽  
Guo Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Bifunctional Electrocatalyst ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Overall Water Splitting ◽  
Splitting Water

Electrochemically splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen plays a significant role in the commercialization of hydrogen energy as well as fuel cells, but it remains a challenge to design and fabricate low-cost and high-efficiency electrocatalysts.

Toward Visible Light Response: Overall Water Splitting Using Heterogeneous Photocatalysts

Green ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Takanabe ◽  
Kazunari Domen
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Solar Flux ◽  
Powder Form ◽  
Overall Water Splitting ◽  
Visible Light Response

AbstractExtensive energy conversion of solar energy can only be achieved by large-scale collection of solar flux. The technology that satisfies this requirement must be as simple as possible to reduce capital cost. Overall water splitting by powder-form photocatalysts directly produces a mixture of H

Investigation of Some Characterizations of Black TiO\(_2\) Nanotubes Via Spectroscopic Methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tho Truong Nguyen ◽  
Thi Minh Cao ◽  
Hieu Van Le ◽  
Viet Van Pham
Keyword(s):  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Vacancies ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Nanotube Arrays ◽  
Spectroscopic Methods ◽  
Visible Light Response ◽  
Uv Visible ◽  
Visible Reflectance ◽  
Splitting Effect ◽  
Anodization Method

The black TiO\(_2\) with substantial Ti\(^3+\) and oxygen vacancies exhibit an excellent photoelectrochemical water-splitting performance due to the improved charge transport the extended visible light response. In this study, black TiO\(_2\) nanotube arrays synthesized by the anodization method, and then, they have been investigated some characterizations by spectroscopic methods such as UV-visible reflectance (UV-vis DRS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectrum. The results showed that some highlighted properties of the black TiO2 nanotube arrays and they could apply for water-splitting effect.

Solution Processed Sb2S3-based Photocathode with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance via Constructing Ultrathin TiO2 Overlayer and Noble Metal Modification

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanwen Wang ◽  
Rong Liang ◽  
Chao Qin ◽  
Lei Ren ◽  
Zhizhen Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Noble Metal ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Antimony Sulfide ◽  
Visible Light Response ◽  
Absorbing Material

Antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) is a light absorbing material with strong visible light response, which is suitable for efficient and low-cost photoelectrodes. Nano-structured films have unique advantages in constructing photoelectrodes due...

scholarly journals Graphene/MoS2/FeCoNi(OH)x and Graphene/MoS2/FeCoNiPx multilayer-stacked vertical nanosheets on carbon fibers for highly efficient overall water splitting

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xixi Ji ◽  
Yanhong Lin ◽  
Jie Zeng ◽  
Zhonghua Ren ◽  
Zijia Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Splitting ◽  
Carbon Fibers ◽  
Graphene Nanosheets ◽  
Water Electrolysis ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Overall Water Splitting ◽  
Stable Oxygen ◽  
Excellent Stability

AbstractDevelopment of excellent and cheap electrocatalysts for water electrolysis is of great significance for application of hydrogen energy. Here, we show a highly efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst with multilayer-stacked hybrid structure, in which vertical graphene nanosheets (VGSs), MoS2 nanosheets, and layered FeCoNi hydroxides (FeCoNi(OH)x) are successively grown on carbon fibers (CF/VGSs/MoS2/FeCoNi(OH)x). The catalyst exhibits excellent OER performance with a low overpotential of 225 and 241 mV to attain 500 and 1000 mA cm−2 and small Tafel slope of 29.2 mV dec−1. Theoretical calculation indicates that compositing of FeCoNi(OH)x with MoS2 could generate favorable electronic structure and decrease the OER overpotential, promoting the electrocatalytic activity. An alkaline water electrolyzer is established using CF/VGSs/MoS2/FeCoNi(OH)x anode for overall water splitting, which generates a current density of 100 mA cm−2 at 1.59 V with excellent stability over 100 h. Our highly efficient catalysts have great prospect for water electrolysis.

Linking Melem with Conjugated Schiff-Base Bond to Boost Photocatalytic Efficiency of Carbon Nitride for Overall Water Splitting

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu Liu ◽  
Mengqi Shen ◽  
Peng Zhou ◽  
Zhi Guo ◽  
Xinyang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Schiff Base ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Visible Light Irradiation ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Light Irradiation ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Photocatalytic Efficiency ◽  
Metal Free ◽  
Overall Water Splitting

Developing an efficient single component photocatalyst for overall water splitting under visible-light irradiation is extremely challenging. Herein, we report a metal-free graphitic carbon nitride (g-CxN4)-based nanosheet photocatalyst (x = 3.2,...

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