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- Title
Evaluation of Pt Deposition onto Dye-Sensitized NiO Photocathodes for Light-Driven Hydrogen Production.
- Authors
Droghetti, Federico; Benazzi, Elisabetta; Boaretto, Rita; Natali, Mirco
- Abstract
The design of photocathodes for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which suitably couple dye-sensitized p-type semiconductors and a hydrogen evolving catalyst (HEC), currently represents an important target in the quest for artificial photosynthesis. In the present manuscript, we report on a systematic evaluation of simple methods for the deposition of Pt metal onto dye-sensitized NiO electrodes. The standard P1 dye was taken as the chromophore of choice and two different NiO substrates were considered. Both potentiostatic and potentiodynamic procedures were evaluated either with or without the inclusion of an additional light bias. Photoelectrochemical characterization of the resulting electrodes in an aqueous solution at pH 4 showed that all the methods tested are effective to attain photocathodes for hydrogen production. The best performances (maximum photocurrent densities of −40 µA·cm−2, IPCE of 0.18%, and ~60% Faradaic yield) were achieved using appreciably fast, light-assisted deposition routes, which are associated with the growth of small Pt islands homogenously distributed on the sensitized NiO.
- Subjects
HYDROGEN production; PHOTOCATHODES; HYDROGEN evolution reactions; ARTIFICIAL photosynthesis; P-type semiconductors
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 10, p4955
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app12104955