期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 46, 期 22, 页码 12145-12157出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.116
关键词
Photoelectrochemical; Layered double hydroxides; Bismuth oxycarbonate; Water splitting; G-C3N4; S-scheme
资金
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [DST/TMD/SERI/HUB/1]
- IIT Madras
The study presents a synthetic method for the preparation of a composite of photoactive bismuth oxycarbonate embedded in NiFe layered double hydroxide, which achieves efficient solar-driven water splitting.
In the present study, we report the synthesis of photoactive bismuth oxycarbonate (BOC, Bi2O2CO3) grafted NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) supported on g-C3N4 (15 wt% of gC(3)N(4)) by coprecipitation method. The band gap of this photoactive material is determined to be 1.7 eV. The Bi2O2CO3 agglomerates are anchored on NiFe-LDH plates and g-C3N4 nanosheets intercalated between the LDH plates. This architecture helps in expediting electron transfer for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. The pristine NiFe-LDH photoanode acquires bifunctional character because of Bi2O2CO3 agglomerates and g-C3N4 embedded in the architecture of BOC/NiFe-LDH@g-C3N4 . This is found to be an efficient photoanode for oxygen evolution and photocathode for hydrogen evolution reactions. The water splitting process occurs along the heterojunction formed between g-C3N4 nanosheets and Bi2O2CO3 grafted NiFe-LDH. Further, an additional interfacial charge transfer aided by Bi2O2CO3 results in S-scheme mechanism, which enhances the rate of photoelectrochemical hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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