期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 6, 期 1, 页码 671-679出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am404774z
关键词
composite electrode; nanotube arrays; photocurrent; surface photovoltage; photoelectrocatalytic activity
资金
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21207015, NSFC-RGC 21061160495]
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) [2011CB936002]
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, China Ministry of Education
- Geping Green
This work aims at the exploration of nanostructured ferroelectric-material-modified semiconductor electrodes for enhanced photo-induced activity. A well-aligned BiFeO3/TiO2-nanotubes (NTs) array with visible-light activity was successfully synthesized on a titanium sheet by combining anodization and an ultrasonic-immersion method followed by annealing. The structural and optical properties of the TiO2-NTs and the composite BiFeO3/TiO2-NTs were comparatively characterized. The composite BiFeO3/TiO2-NTs grown sheet and used as an electrode exhibited a stronger absorption in the visible region and a much higher photoconversion efficiency than the pure TiO2-NTs/Ti electrode. Electrochemical impedance investigation attested to a significant improvement of the interfacial electron-transfer kinetics with enhanced separation of electron-hole pairs. The as-prepared composite electrode showed a high efficiency for photoelectrocatalytic degradation towards rhodamine B under visible-light irradiation (lambda > 400 nm). The enhanced photoelectrocatalytic activity of the composite electrode could be attributed to the synergistic effect between the lowered electron-hole recombination rate by the applied bias and the wider spectral response promoted by the BiFeO3 component.
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