TY  - JOUR
N1  - cited By 36
SP  - 5
TI  - Photoelectrochemical water splitting with tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod in photoelectrochemical cell
AV  - none
EP  - 12
SN  - 09259635
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
N2  - 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 UVā??Vis spectroscopy (DR-UVā??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 Ī¼mol/cm2 compared to others. This photocatalyst had more uniformed structures and shifted more absorbance to the visible region as presented in FESEM and DR-UVā??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. Ā© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
KW  - 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
KW  -  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
KW  -  High resolution transmission electron microscopy
ID  - scholars10342
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044481723&doi=10.1016%2fj.diamond.2018.03.019&partnerID=40&md5=e4ec2a23845887568bd4c94cd09a6d34
JF  - Diamond and Related Materials
A1  - Bashiri, R.
A1  - Mohamed, N.M.
A1  - Suhaimi, N.A.
A1  - Shahid, M.U.
A1  - Kait, C.F.
A1  - Sufian, S.
A1  - Khatani, M.
A1  - Mumtaz, A.
VL  - 85
Y1  - 2018///
ER  -