@article{scholars10342,
           pages = {5--12},
       publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
         journal = {Diamond and Related Materials},
            year = {2018},
           title = {Photoelectrochemical water splitting with tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod in photoelectrochemical cell},
             doi = {10.1016/j.diamond.2018.03.019},
          volume = {85},
            note = {cited By 36},
            issn = {09259635},
          author = {Bashiri, R. and Mohamed, N. M. and Suhaimi, N. A. and Shahid, M. U. and Kait, C. F. and Sufian, S. and Khatani, M. and Mumtaz, A.},
        keywords = {Cost effectiveness; Electrochemistry; Field emission microscopes; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Heterojunctions; Hydrogen production; Nanorods; Photocatalysts; Photoelectrochemical cells; Scanning electron microscopy; Solar power generation; Strontium compounds; Titanium dioxide; X ray diffraction, Chemical bath deposition technique; Environmentally friendly process; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; g-C3N4; Photocatalytic hydrogen production; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Solar Hydrogen Production; TiO2/SrTiO3, High resolution transmission electron microscopy},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044481723&doi=10.1016\%2fj.diamond.2018.03.019&partnerID=40&md5=e4ec2a23845887568bd4c94cd09a6d34},
        abstract = {Solar hydrogen production through water photosplitting in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell is one of the most desirable, cost-effective and environmentally friendly processes. However, it is still suffering from the low photoconversion efficiency. A novel tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod was synthesized to investigate the photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light condition in glycerol-based PEC cell. A series of TiO2 and TiO2/SrTiO3 nanorod were grown on F-doped SnO2 glass (FTO) substrate by hydrothermal method and then were modified using graphitic carbon nitride g-C3N4 via the chemical bath deposition technique. The samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), diffuse reflectance UV{\^a}??Vis spectroscopy (DR-UV{\^a}??Vis), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) to explore the physicochemical properties of the prepared photocatalysts. The prepared TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 served as the efficient photoanode with maximum produced hydrogen of 73 {\^I}1/4mol/cm2 compared to others. This photocatalyst had more uniformed structures and shifted more absorbance to the visible region as presented in FESEM and DR-UV{\^a}??Vis. Therefore, high performance of this photocatalyst can be ascribed to the close interfacial connections between g-C3N4 and TiO2/SrTiO3 where the photo-generated electron and holes were effectively separated. {\^A}{\copyright} 2018 Elsevier B.V.}
}