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CHEMSUSCHEM
卷 14, 期 1, 页码 408-416出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002136
关键词
crystalline ZnO phases; template-directed synthesis; photoelectrochemical water oxidation; heterojunction photoanode; ZnO nanostructures
资金
- DST [IF 150830]
- DST-SERB, New Delhi [CRG/2018/000230]
Utilizing N-rich antidiabetic drug metformin as a template, a new crystalline triclinic phase of ZnO has been successfully synthesized via hydrothermal synthesis with self-assembled nanorod-like particle morphology. By coupling porous ZnO with a covalent organic framework, a heterojunction nanocomposite charge carrier photoanode has been fabricated, achieving highly enhanced photocurrent density and excellent photon-to-current conversion efficiency in photoelectrochemical water oxidation. The enhanced photocurrent for the porous ZnO/COF nanocomposite material over the corresponding bulk ZnO is attributed to the visible light energy absorption by COF and efficient charge-carrier mobility via porous ZnO surface.
Photoelectrochemical water-splitting offers unique opportunity in the utilization of abundant solar light energy and water resources to produce hydrogen (renewable energy) and oxygen (clean environment) in the presence of a semiconductor photoanode. Zinc oxide (ZnO), a wide bandgap semiconductor is found to crystallize predominantly in the hexagonal wurtzite phase. Herein, we first report a new crystalline triclinic phase of ZnO by using N-rich antidiabetic drug metformin as a template via hydrothermal synthesis with self-assembled nanorod-like particle morphology. We have fabricated a heterojunction nanocomposite charge carrier photoanode by coupling this porous ZnO with a covalent organic framework, which displayed highly enhanced photocurrent density of 0.62 mA/cm(2) at 0.2 V vs. RHE in photoelectrochemical water oxidation and excellent photon-to-current conversion efficiency at near-neutral pH vis-a-vis bulk ZnO. This enhancement of the photocurrent for the porous ZnO/COF nanocomposite material over the corresponding bulk ZnO could be attributed to the visible light energy absorption by COF and subsequent efficient charge-carrier mobility via porous ZnO surface.
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