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Mesoporous Tungsten Trioxide Photoanodes Modified with Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Photo-Reaction.


ABSTRACT: Nanostructured photoanodes are attractive materials for hydrogen production via water photo-electrolysis process. This study focused on the incorporation of carbon quantum dots doped with nitrogen as a photosensitizer into mesoporous tungsten trioxide photoanodes (N-CQD/meso-WO3) using a surfactant self-assembly template approach. The crystal structure, composition, and morphology of pure and N-CQD- modified mesoporous WO3 photoanodes were investigated using scanning electron and transmission microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Due to their high surface area, enhanced optical absorption, and charge-carrier separation and transfer, the resulting N-CQD/meso-WO3 photoanodes exhibited a significantly enhanced photocurrent density of 1.45 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE under AM 1.5 G illumination in 0.5 M Na2SO4 without any co-catalysts or sacrificial reagent, which was about 2.23 times greater than its corresponding pure meso-WO3. Moreover, the oxygen evolution onset potential of the N-CQD/meso-WO3 photoanodes exhibited a negative shift of 95 mV, signifying that both the charge-carrier separation and transfer processes were promoted.

SUBMITTER: Amer MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836200 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mesoporous Tungsten Trioxide Photoanodes Modified with Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Photo-Reaction.

Amer Mabrook S MS   Arunachalam Prabhakarn P   Al-Mayouf Abdullah M AM   Prasad Saradh S   Alshalwi Matar N MN   Ghanem Mohamed A MA  

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20191022 10


Nanostructured photoanodes are attractive materials for hydrogen production via water photo-electrolysis process. This study focused on the incorporation of carbon quantum dots doped with nitrogen as a photosensitizer into <i>meso</i>porous tungsten trioxide photoanodes (N-CQD/<i>meso</i>-WO<sub>3</sub>) using a surfactant self-assembly template approach. The crystal structure, composition, and morphology of pure and N-CQD- modified <i>meso</i>porous WO<sub>3</sub> photoanodes were investigated  ...[more]

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