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creators_name: Bashiri, R.
creators_name: Mohamed, N.M.
creators_name: Suhaimi, N.A.
creators_name: Shahid, M.U.
creators_name: Kait, C.F.
creators_name: Sufian, S.
creators_name: Khatani, M.
creators_name: Mumtaz, A.
title: Photoelectrochemical water splitting with tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod in photoelectrochemical cell
ispublished: pub
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
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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�Vis spectroscopy (DR-UV�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 μmol/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�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. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
date: 2018
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
official_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
id_number: 10.1016/j.diamond.2018.03.019
full_text_status: none
publication: Diamond and Related Materials
volume: 85
pagerange: 5-12
refereed: TRUE
issn: 09259635
citation:   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.  (2018) Photoelectrochemical water splitting with tailored TiO2/SrTiO3@g-C3N4 heterostructure nanorod in photoelectrochemical cell.  Diamond and Related Materials, 85.  pp. 5-12.  ISSN 09259635