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- Title
Photo-electrochemical hydrogen evolution over FTO/Ni<sub>0.98</sub>Si<sub>0.02</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-Ni electrode induced by visible and UV light irradiation.
- Authors
Yadav, Rajkumar; Singh, Hari; Saini, Sandhya; Biswas, Bijoy; Kumar, Avnish; Sinha, Anil Kumar
- Abstract
Photo-electrochemical properties of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO)/nickel oxide-nickel (Ni0.98Si0.02O2-Ni) with isolated Si sites are discussed. The Ni0.98Si0.02O2-Ni photo-electrocatalyst without any noble metal was prepared using a one-step chemical reduction precipitation method. Photo-electrochemical properties were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry techniques in aqueous alkaline solution at pH 8.0. The photo-electrochemical response of the catalyst showed sensitivity to visible and UV light. The catalyst produced hydrogen from water at a rate of 0.5 mmol g−1 h−1 with the reduction of CO2 into CO under visible light in the absence of any light sensitizer or a noble metal. The metallic Ni amount in the catalyst system was optimized to obtain the best photo-electrocatalyst. The first principle DFT study showed that the incorporation of Si sites allowed absorbance of visible light. The catalyst was characterized by powder x-ray diffraction (PXRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), inductively coupled plasma- atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), cyclic voltammetry, and chronoamperometry. The products were analyzed by gas chromatography- thermal conductivity detector (GC-TCD).
- Subjects
ALKALINE solutions; VISIBLE spectra; ATOMIC emission spectroscopy; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; TRANSMISSION electron microscopes; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; SCANNING electron microscopes
- Publication
Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2019, Vol 49, Issue 10, p991
- ISSN
0021-891X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10800-019-01340-z