Surface plasmon resonance metal-coupled biomass carbon modified TiO2 nanorods for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Catalysis, Kinetics and Reaction Engineering|Updated:2026-01-06
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Surface plasmon resonance metal-coupled biomass carbon modified TiO2 nanorods for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Surface plasmon resonance metal-coupled biomass carbon modified TiO2 nanorods for photoelectrochemical water splitting
中国化学工程学报(英文版)2022年41卷第1期 页码:403-411
Affiliations:
1. National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC), College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University,Fuzhou,China,350116
2. Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Chemical Engineering of China,Quanzhou,China,362114
Exploring efficient and stable photoanode materials is a necessary link to realize the practical application of solar-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Hence
we prepared rutile TiO
2
nanorods
with a width of 50 nm
which was growth
in situ
on carbon cloth (TiO
2
@CC) by hydrothermal reaction. And then
Ag nanoparticles (NPs) and biomass N
S-C NPs were chosen for the additional modification of the fabricated TiO
2
nanorods to produce broccoli-like Ag-N
S-C/TiO
2
@CC nanocomposites. According to the result of ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–vis) and PEC water splitting performance tests
Ag-N
S-C/TiO
2
@CC broadens the absorption region of TiO
2
@CC from the ultraviolet region to the visible region. Under AM 1.5G solar light irradiation
the photocurrent density of Ag-N
S-C/TiO
2
@CC is 89.8 μA·cm
-2
which is 11.8 times higher than TiO
2
@CC. Under visible light irradiation
the photocurrent density of Ag-N
S-C/TiO
2
@CC reaches to 12.6 μA·cm
-2
which is 21.0 times higher than TiO
2
@CC. Moreover
Ag-N
S-C/TiO
2
@CC shows a photocurrent responses in full pH range. It can be found that Ag NPs and N
S-C NPs play key roles in broaden the absorption range of TiO
2
nanorods to the visible light region and
promote the occurrence of PEC water oxidation reaction due to the surface plasmon resonance effect of Ag NPs and the synergistic effect of N
S-C NPs. The mechanism demonstrated that Ag-N
S-C/TiO
2
@CC can separate the photogenerated electron-hole pairs effectively and transfer the photogenerated electrons to the photocathode (Pt plate) in time. This research provides a new strategy for exploration surface plasma metal coupled biomass carbon materials in the field of PEC water splitting.
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