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- Title
PCDA/ZnO Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Solar Water Splitting.
- Authors
Akhmetzhanov, Nursalim; Zhang, Mao; Lee, Dongyun; Hwang, Yoon-Hwae
- Abstract
In this study, we developed well-aligned ZnO nanoflowers coated with poly-10,12-pentacosadiyonic acid (p-PCDA@ZnO) and modified with Pt nanoparticle (Pt/p-PCDA@ZnO) hybrid photoanodes for highly efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows that thin films of the p-PCDA layer were well coated on the ZnO nanoflowers and that Pt nanoparticles were on it. The photoelectrochemical characterizations were made under simulated solar irradiation AM 1.5. The current density of the p-PCDA@ZnO and the Pt/p- PCDA@ZnO was 0.227 mA/cm2 and 0.305 mA/cm2, respectively, and these values were three times and four times higher compared to the 0.071 mA/cm2 of the bare ZnO nanoflowers. The UV–visible spectrum showed that the absorbance of coated p-PCDA films was extended in visible light region, which agrees with the enhanced PEC data for p-PCDA@ZnO. Also, adding Pt nanoparticles on top of the films as co-catalysts enhanced the PEC performance of Pt/p-PCDA@ZnO further. This indicates that Pt/p- PCDA@ZnO has a great potential to be implemented in solar water splitting.
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2024, Vol 17, Issue 17, p4259
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma17174259