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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 537-540Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6qi00517a
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21407109, 51401174, 21575137]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [cstcjjA00026]
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In this communication, we demonstrate the use of N-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) as a co-catalyst for hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) nanorod arrays on a Ti sheet for photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Under simulated light irradiation, the photocurrent density of the resulting N-CDs@alpha-Fe2O3/Ti as a photoanode exhibits a 3.4 times increase with a 280 mV cathode shift of the onset potential relative to that of pristine alpha-Fe2O3/Ti, with excellent photostability. The up-conversion fluorescent properties of N-CDs enable the absorption of longer wavelength irradiation with emission of short wavelength light to excite alpha-Fe2O3, leading to the generation of more electron-hole pairs.
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