Direct Observation of Photoinduced Charge Separation in Ruthenium Complex/Ni(OH)2 Nanoparticle Hybrid

Tang, Yu; Pattengale, Brian A.; Ludwig, John M.; Atifi, Abderrahman; Zinovev, Alexander V.; Dong, Bin; Kong, Qingyu; Zuo, Xiaobing; Zhang, Xiaoyi; Huang, Jier

doi:10.1038/srep18505

Title: Direct Observation of Photoinduced Charge Separation in Ruthenium Complex/Ni(OH)₂ Nanoparticle Hybrid

Journal Article · 16 December 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18505 · OSTI ID:1236501

Tang, Yu ^[1]; Pattengale, Brian A. ^[1]; Ludwig, John M. ^[1]; Atifi, Abderrahman ^[1]; Zinovev, Alexander V. ^[2]; Dong, Bin ^[1]; Kong, Qingyu ^[3]; Zuo, Xiaobing ^[3]; Zhang, Xiaoyi ^[3]; Huang, Jier ^[1]

Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division

We report that Ni(OH)₂ have emerged as important functional materials for solar fuel conversion because of their potential as cost-effective bifunctional catalysts for both hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. However, their roles as photocatalysts in the photoinduced charge separation (CS) reactions remain unexplored. In this paper, we investigate the CS dynamics of a newly designed hybrid catalyst by integrating a Ru complex with Ni(OH)₂ nanoparticles (NPs). Using time resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XTA), we directly observed the formation of the reduced Ni metal site (~60 ps), unambiguously demonstrating CS process in the hybrid through ultrafast electron transfer from Ru complex to Ni(OH)₂ NPs. Compared to the ultrafast CS process, the charge recombination in the hybrid is ultraslow (>>50 ns). These results not only suggest the possibility of developing Ni(OH)₂ as solar fuel catalysts, but also represent the first time direct observation of efficient CS in a hybrid catalyst using XTA.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1236501

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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