Single-atomic ruthenium dispersion promoting photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity of CeOx catalysts on doped TiO2 nanorod photoanodes

被引:8
作者
Pal, Debashish [1 ]
Mondal, Debayan [2 ]
Maity, Dipanjan [3 ]
De, Debasis [4 ]
Ganesha, Mukhesh K. [5 ]
Singh, Ashutosh K. [5 ]
Khan, Gobinda Gopal [1 ]
机构
[1] Cent Univ, Tripura Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Agartala 799022, Tripura, India
[2] SN Bose Natl Ctr Basic Sci, Dept Condensed Matter Phys & Mat Sci, Block JD,Sect 3, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India
[3] Jawaharlal Nehru Ctr Adv Sci Res, Chem & Phys Mat Unit, Bengaluru 560064, India
[4] Ctr Rajiv Gandhi Inst Petr Technol, Energy Inst, Bengaluru 562157, Karnataka, India
[5] Ctr Nano & Soft Matter Sci CeNS, Bengaluru 562162, India
关键词
INITIO MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; LOW-INDEX SURFACES; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; OXYGEN REDUCTION; CO; ELECTROCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYST; EFFICIENCY; PURE;
D O I
10.1039/d3ta05922g
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Recently, various single-atom (SA) catalyst<bold>-</bold>coupled TiO2 nanostructures have been designed for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. However, TiO2 is a well-established photoanode capable of solar-driven oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Selection and design of suitable oxygen evolution catalysts (OECs) boost the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation performance of TiO2. Various single-atom catalysts (SACs) are designed mainly for the electrochemical OER, while atomically dispersed SAs on TiO2 photoanodes for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) OER are still to be explored. Here, we demonstrate a rational and effective design of stabilizing Ru SAs dispersed on the CeOx catalyst (Ru:CeOx) coupled with one-dimensional (1D) Sb-doped TiO2 nanorods (Sb-TiO2 NRs) for remarkably enhanced PEC water oxidation activity. The role of Ru SAs in the electronic structure, separation, and transfer of photogenerated charge carriers and water oxidation pathways of the CeOx catalyst coupled photoanode has been investigated. Along with improved visible light absorption, the Ru:CeOx catalyst serves as an efficient hole extraction layer, inducing large interfacial band bending, large photovoltage generation, and shrinkage of the depletion layer, eventually accelerating the photogenerated hole transportation. DFT simulation demonstrates that Ru SA incorporation increases the conductivity of the catalyst, improving photocarrier transfer. Reduced photocarrier recombination, along with enhanced photocarrier transfer and injection rate enhance the photocurrent yield of the photoanode. DFT studies further confirm that Ru SAs significantly reduce the water oxidation overpotential of the neighboring active Ce atom sites, promoting the photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity of the CeOx catalyst. The optimal photoanode delivers a photocurrent density of 1.96 mA cm(-2) (at 1.23 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)), extremely low on-set potential (0.05 V-RHE), peak ABPE value of 0.54%, and charge separation efficiency of 61.5% at 1.23 V-RHE. This work provides an effective strategy to promote the water oxidation activity of metal oxide-supported SA catalysts to boost the overall performance of photoanodes.
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页码:3034 / 3045
页数:12
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