期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 46, 期 22, 页码 12180-12191出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.03.077
关键词
Titanium dioxide; Carbon nanoparticle; Solar energy; Renewable hydrogen; Sustainability
资金
- Spanish MINEICO [ENE 2016-79282-C5-1-R]
- Government of Aragon (Grupo reconocido) [T03-17R]
- EU Regional Development Funds (DGA/FEDER, UE)
Various types of carbon dots synthesized using different methods show improved performance in photovoltaics and photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nitrogen carbon dots increase the open circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells, while thiol-functionalized and butyl chain-functionalized carbon dots exhibit better photocurrent in water splitting. The modified electrode is stable under continuous operation, with improved incident photon to current conversion efficiency.
Various types of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles, often called carbon dots (CDs), are synthesized by different polycondensation methods: microwave irradiation, hydrothermal conditions or solution chemistry at ambient temperature with subsequent chemical functionalization. The CDs are deposited on TiO 2 films to be probed as electron transport layers in perovskite photovoltaics and the anode for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nitrogen CDs, which do not contain oxygen, lead to an increase of around 50 mV in the open circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells. All the CD types produce an improved photocurrent in water splitting, particularly CDs that are functionalized with thiol groups and butyl chains. It is demonstrated that the modified electrode is stable under continuous operation. Other electrochemical characteristics of the electrode, such as the voltammo- gram shape, onset potentials and open circuit potentials, remain nearly unchanged upon the deposition of CDs. Only the incident photon to current conversion efficiency improves clearly, extending the absorption range by around 20 nm towards longer wavelengths. This study provides new data about mechanisms and electrode arrangements for improving the performance of n-type semiconductors in photovoltaic cells and photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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