Ag−Au‐Bimetal Incorporated ZnO‐Nanorods Photo‐Anodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water
Abstract
Abstract Plasmonic Ag−Au/ZnO nanorods (ZNRs) based photo‐anodes were synthesized using a simple electrochemical route and were then evaluated for photoelectrochemical (PEC) activity. The amalgamation of Ag and Au nanoclusters broadens the UV‐Vis light absorption in the range of 400 nm to 650 nm. Ag−Au/ZNRs photo‐anodes had shown photocurrent density of ∼1.4 mA cm −2 , at a bias of 0.75 V/SCE, which is ∼3.1 times of bare ZNRs photo‐anode. Bi‐metallic Ag−Au/ZNRs based photo‐anode shows the maximum photo‐conversion efficiency of 0.77 % at 0.5 V/SCE, under one sun illumination. Formation of hot electrons in Ag−Au/ZNRs photo‐anodes can be partly held responsible for the enhanced PEC activity. Au/Ag core/shell morphology evolves when a thin layer of Ag is loaded on Au nanoparticles. For an in‐depth analysis on Ag−Au incorporated ZNRs based photo‐anodes and its PEC activity, a detailed characterization was carried out using physico‐chemical, spectral and microscopy techniques. The analysis shows that Au in direct contact with ZnO interacts mainly with oxygen vacancies present on surface of ZnO and Ag interacts with Au for an effective electron‐hole segregation process at their interface and electron storage occurs in metal nanoparticles. The results suggest bi‐metal incorporated ZNRs based photo‐anodes can be a prospective candidate for PEC water splitting application.
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- Department of Physics Savitribai Phule Pune University Ganesh Khind Road Pune 411 007 India
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai- 600 036 India
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- Energy Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Energy Technology Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2194-4288
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- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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- Germany
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- English
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Sharma, Vidhika, Prasad, Mohit, Rokade, Avinash, Ilaiyaraja, Perumal, Sudakar, Chandran, and Jadkar, Sandesh. Ag−Au‐Bimetal Incorporated ZnO‐Nanorods Photo‐Anodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water. Germany: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1002/ente.201800581.
Sharma, Vidhika, Prasad, Mohit, Rokade, Avinash, Ilaiyaraja, Perumal, Sudakar, Chandran, & Jadkar, Sandesh. Ag−Au‐Bimetal Incorporated ZnO‐Nanorods Photo‐Anodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201800581
Sharma, Vidhika, Prasad, Mohit, Rokade, Avinash, Ilaiyaraja, Perumal, Sudakar, Chandran, and Jadkar, Sandesh. Tue .
"Ag−Au‐Bimetal Incorporated ZnO‐Nanorods Photo‐Anodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201800581.
@article{osti_1485339,
title = {Ag−Au‐Bimetal Incorporated ZnO‐Nanorods Photo‐Anodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water},
author = {Sharma, Vidhika and Prasad, Mohit and Rokade, Avinash and Ilaiyaraja, Perumal and Sudakar, Chandran and Jadkar, Sandesh},
abstractNote = {Abstract Plasmonic Ag−Au/ZnO nanorods (ZNRs) based photo‐anodes were synthesized using a simple electrochemical route and were then evaluated for photoelectrochemical (PEC) activity. The amalgamation of Ag and Au nanoclusters broadens the UV‐Vis light absorption in the range of 400 nm to 650 nm. Ag−Au/ZNRs photo‐anodes had shown photocurrent density of ∼1.4 mA cm −2 , at a bias of 0.75 V/SCE, which is ∼3.1 times of bare ZNRs photo‐anode. Bi‐metallic Ag−Au/ZNRs based photo‐anode shows the maximum photo‐conversion efficiency of 0.77 % at 0.5 V/SCE, under one sun illumination. Formation of hot electrons in Ag−Au/ZNRs photo‐anodes can be partly held responsible for the enhanced PEC activity. Au/Ag core/shell morphology evolves when a thin layer of Ag is loaded on Au nanoparticles. For an in‐depth analysis on Ag−Au incorporated ZNRs based photo‐anodes and its PEC activity, a detailed characterization was carried out using physico‐chemical, spectral and microscopy techniques. The analysis shows that Au in direct contact with ZnO interacts mainly with oxygen vacancies present on surface of ZnO and Ag interacts with Au for an effective electron‐hole segregation process at their interface and electron storage occurs in metal nanoparticles. The results suggest bi‐metal incorporated ZNRs based photo‐anodes can be a prospective candidate for PEC water splitting application.},
doi = {10.1002/ente.201800581},
journal = {Energy Technology},
number = 2,
volume = 7,
place = {Germany},
year = {Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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