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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 508, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.145100
关键词
Heterostructured materials; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; RT g-C3N4; ZnCr-CO3 LDH
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资金
- National Research Foundation (NRF) through the South African Research Chair initiative (SARChI) [64820]
- Royal Society-DFID, Africa Capacity Building Initiative (ACBI) program, United Kingdom
- science and technology development fund (STDF), Egypt [34832]
Ruptured tubular structured graphitic-carbon nitride (RT g-C3N4) was prepared, followed by in-situ growth of carbonate-intercalated ZnCr layered double hydroxide (LDH) on its surface by the co-precipitation method. The fabricated composites contain varying amounts of the LDH. An increase in the specific surface area of the g-C3N4/LDH3 composite (103.74 m(2)/g) was observed as compared to RT g-C3N4 (7.55 m(2)/g) and pristine LDH (11.26 m(2)/g). The formation, morphology and chemical composition of the pristine RT g-C3N4, pristine LDH and composites were examined by powdered-X-ray diffraction (p-XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques. Optical measurements by ultraviolet-visible (UV) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy revealed that the band gap of the composites can be tuned by varying the LDH concentration in the composite. The ability towards the separation of photo-generated electron-hole pairs was examined by photoluminescence (PL) and the curves of transient photo-current with time. Mott-Schottky measurements were carried out to determine the flat band potential. Finally, the photoelectrocatalytic activity represented by measurements of transient photo-current with time (i-t curve), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and linear sweep voltammetry (i-v curve) was examined.
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