Striving toward noble-metal-free photocatalytic water splitting: The hydrogenated-graphene-TiO2 prototype

Nguyen-Phan, Thuy -Duong; Luo, Si; Liu, Zongyuan; Gamalski, Andrew D.; Tao, Jing; Xu, Wenqian; Stach, Eric A.; Polyansky, Dmitry E.; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Fujita, Etsuko; Rodriguez, Jose A.

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02131

Title: Striving toward noble-metal-free photocatalytic water splitting: The hydrogenated-graphene-TiO₂ prototype

Journal Article · Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02131· OSTI ID:1232700

Nguyen-Phan, Thuy -Duong ^[1]; Luo, Si ^[2]; Liu, Zongyuan ^[2]; Gamalski, Andrew D. ^[1]; Tao, Jing ^[1]; Xu, Wenqian ^[1]; Stach, Eric A. ^[1]; Polyansky, Dmitry E. ^[1]; Senanayake, Sanjaya D. ^[1]; Fujita, Etsuko ^[1]; Rodriguez, Jose A. ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

Graphane, graphone and hydrogenated graphene (HG) have been extensively studied in recent years due to their interesting properties and potential use in commercial and industrial applications. The present study reports investigation of hydrogenated graphene/TiO_2-x (HGT) nanocomposites as photocatalysts for H₂ and O₂ production from water without the assistance of a noble metal co-catalyst. By combination of several techniques, the morphologies, bulk/atomic structure and electronic properties of all the powders were exhaustively interrogated. Hydrogenation treatment efficiently reduces TiO₂ nanoparticles, while the graphene oxide sheets undergo the topotactic transformation from a graphene-like structure to a mixture of graphitic and turbostratic carbon (amorphous/disordered) upon altering the calcination atmosphere from a mildly reducing to a H₂-abundant environment. Remarkably, the hydrogenated graphene-TiO_2-xcomposite that results upon H₂-rich reduction exhibits the highest photocatalytic H₂ evolution performance equivalent to low loading of Pt (~0.12 wt%), whereas the addition of HG suppresses the O₂ production. As a result, we propose that such an enhancement can be attributed to a combination of factors including the introduction of oxygen vacancies and Ti³⁺ states, retarding the recombination of charge carriers and thus, facilitating the charge transfer from TiO₂-x to the carbonaceous sheet.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1232700

Report Number(s):: BNL-111615-2015-JA; R&D Project: CO009; KC0302010

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 27, Issue 18; ISSN 0897-4756

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