An Artificial Z-Scheme Constructed from Dye-Sensitized Metal Oxide Nanosheets for Visible Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting
Abstract
Sensitization of a wide-gap oxide semiconductor with a visible-light-absorbing dye has been studied for decades as a means of producing H2 from water. However, efficient overall water splitting using a dye-sensitized oxide photocatalyst has remained an unmet challenge. Here in this paper we demonstrate visible-light-driven overall water splitting into H2 and O2 using HCa2Nb3O10 nanosheets sensitized by a Ru(II) tris-diimine type photosensitizer, in combination with a WO3-based water oxidation photocatalyst and a triiodide/iodide redox couple. With the use of Pt-intercalated HCa2Nb3O10 nanosheets further modified with amorphous Al2O3 clusters as the H2 evolution component, the dye-based turnover number and frequency for H2 evolution reached 4580 and 1960 h–1, respectively. The apparent quantum yield for overall water splitting using 420 nm light was 2.4%, by far the highest among dye- sensitized overall water splitting systems reported to date. The present work clearly shows that a carefully designed dye/oxide hybrid has great potential for photocatalytic H2 production, and represents a significant leap forward in the development of solar-driven water splitting systems.
- Authors:
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- Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo (Japan); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo (Japan)
- Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo (Japan); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo (Japan); Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Niigata Univ., Niigata (Japan)
- Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo (Japan)
- National Inst. for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan). Research Centre for Advanced Measurement and Characterization
- National Inst. for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan). Research Centre for Functional Materials
- National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba (Japan). Research Centre for Photovoltaics (RCPV)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan). Inst. of Innovative Research
- Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States); National Inst. for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba (Japan). International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1614807
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019781
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; solar water splitting; Z-scheme; dye sensitization
Citation Formats
Oshima, Takayoshi, Nishioka, Shunta, Kikuchi, Yuka, Hirai, Shota, Yanagisawa, Kei-ichi, Eguchi, Miharu, Miseki, Yugo, Yokoi, Toshiyuki, Yui, Tatsuto, Kimoto, Koji, Sayama, Kazuhiro, Ishitani, Osamu, Mallouk, Thomas E., and Maeda, Kazuhiko. An Artificial Z-Scheme Constructed from Dye-Sensitized Metal Oxide Nanosheets for Visible Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02053.
Oshima, Takayoshi, Nishioka, Shunta, Kikuchi, Yuka, Hirai, Shota, Yanagisawa, Kei-ichi, Eguchi, Miharu, Miseki, Yugo, Yokoi, Toshiyuki, Yui, Tatsuto, Kimoto, Koji, Sayama, Kazuhiro, Ishitani, Osamu, Mallouk, Thomas E., & Maeda, Kazuhiko. An Artificial Z-Scheme Constructed from Dye-Sensitized Metal Oxide Nanosheets for Visible Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02053
Oshima, Takayoshi, Nishioka, Shunta, Kikuchi, Yuka, Hirai, Shota, Yanagisawa, Kei-ichi, Eguchi, Miharu, Miseki, Yugo, Yokoi, Toshiyuki, Yui, Tatsuto, Kimoto, Koji, Sayama, Kazuhiro, Ishitani, Osamu, Mallouk, Thomas E., and Maeda, Kazuhiko. Mon .
"An Artificial Z-Scheme Constructed from Dye-Sensitized Metal Oxide Nanosheets for Visible Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02053. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1614807.
@article{osti_1614807,
title = {An Artificial Z-Scheme Constructed from Dye-Sensitized Metal Oxide Nanosheets for Visible Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting},
author = {Oshima, Takayoshi and Nishioka, Shunta and Kikuchi, Yuka and Hirai, Shota and Yanagisawa, Kei-ichi and Eguchi, Miharu and Miseki, Yugo and Yokoi, Toshiyuki and Yui, Tatsuto and Kimoto, Koji and Sayama, Kazuhiro and Ishitani, Osamu and Mallouk, Thomas E. and Maeda, Kazuhiko},
abstractNote = {Sensitization of a wide-gap oxide semiconductor with a visible-light-absorbing dye has been studied for decades as a means of producing H2 from water. However, efficient overall water splitting using a dye-sensitized oxide photocatalyst has remained an unmet challenge. Here in this paper we demonstrate visible-light-driven overall water splitting into H2 and O2 using HCa2Nb3O10 nanosheets sensitized by a Ru(II) tris-diimine type photosensitizer, in combination with a WO3-based water oxidation photocatalyst and a triiodide/iodide redox couple. With the use of Pt-intercalated HCa2Nb3O10 nanosheets further modified with amorphous Al2O3 clusters as the H2 evolution component, the dye-based turnover number and frequency for H2 evolution reached 4580 and 1960 h–1, respectively. The apparent quantum yield for overall water splitting using 420 nm light was 2.4%, by far the highest among dye- sensitized overall water splitting systems reported to date. The present work clearly shows that a carefully designed dye/oxide hybrid has great potential for photocatalytic H2 production, and represents a significant leap forward in the development of solar-driven water splitting systems.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.0c02053},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 18,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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