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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 31, 期 30, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202102517
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core-shell design; electrochemistry; hydrogen evolution; localized surface plasmon resonance
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsschaft (DFG) [407513992]
- FAPESP [2015/11452-5, 2018/00393-6]
This study demonstrates the efficient conversion of solar energy to hydrogen using a core-shell structure of silver-gold bimetallic material, showing an increase in hydrogen production rate compared to commercial Pt catalysts. The use of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in conjunction with electrochemical methods opens up a new pathway for tuning the light capture range of hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts.
Traditionally, bandgap materials are a prerequisite to photocatalysis since they can harness a reasonable range of the solar spectrum. However, the high impedance across the bandgap and the low concentration of intrinsic charge carriers have limited their energy conversion. By contrast, metallic nanoparticles possess a sea of free electrons that can effectively promote the transition to the excited state for reactions. Here, an atomic layer of a bimetallic concoction of silver-gold shells is precisely fabricated onto an Au core via a sonochemical dispersion approach to form a core-shell of Au-Ag that exploits the wide availability of excited states of Ag while maintaining an efficient localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Au. Catalytic results demonstrate that this mix of Ag and Au can convert solar energy to hydrogen at high efficiency with an increase of 112.5% at an optimized potential of -0.5 V when compared to light-off conditions under the electrochemical LSPR. This outperforms the commercial Pt catalysts by 62.1% with a hydrogen production rate of 1870 mu mol g(-1) h(-1) at room temperature. This study opens a new route for tuning the range of light capture of hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts using fabricated core-shell material through the combination of LSPR with electrochemical means.
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