Photoelectrochemical water splitting with tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod in photoelectrochemical cell

Bashiri, R. and Mohamed, N.M. and Suhaimi, N.A. and Shahid, M.U. and Kait, C.F. and Sufian, S. and Khatani, M. and Mumtaz, A. (2018) Photoelectrochemical water splitting with tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod in photoelectrochemical cell. Diamond and Related Materials, 85. pp. 5-12.

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Abstract

Solar hydrogen production through water photosplitting in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell is one of the most desirable, cost-effective and environmentally friendly processes. However, it is still suffering from the low photoconversion efficiency. A novel tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod was synthesized to investigate the photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light condition in glycerol-based PEC cell. A series of TiO2 and TiO2/SrTiO3 nanorod were grown on F-doped SnO2 glass (FTO) substrate by hydrothermal method and then were modified using graphitic carbon nitride g-C3N4 via the chemical bath deposition technique. The samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), diffuse reflectance UV�Vis spectroscopy (DR-UV�Vis), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) to explore the physicochemical properties of the prepared photocatalysts. The prepared TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 served as the efficient photoanode with maximum produced hydrogen of 73 μmol/cm2 compared to others. This photocatalyst had more uniformed structures and shifted more absorbance to the visible region as presented in FESEM and DR-UV�Vis. Therefore, high performance of this photocatalyst can be ascribed to the close interfacial connections between g-C3N4 and TiO2/SrTiO3 where the photo-generated electron and holes were effectively separated. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.

Item Type: Article
Impact Factor: cited By 1
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cost effectiveness; Electrochemistry; Field emission microscopes; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Heterojunctions; Hydrogen production; Nanorods; Photocatalysts; Photoelectrochemical cells; Scanning electron microscopy; Solar power generation; Strontium compounds; Titanium dioxide; X ray diffraction, Chemical bath deposition technique; Environmentally friendly process; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; g-C3N4; Photocatalytic hydrogen production; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Solar Hydrogen Production; TiO2/SrTiO3, High resolution transmission electron microscopy
Departments / MOR / COE: Research Institutes > Institute for Autonomous Systems
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi Mohamed Lazim
Date Deposited: 01 Aug 2018 03:08
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2019 05:27
URI: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/21590

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