1. Ultrathin MoSe2 nanosheet anchored CdS-ZnO functional paper chip as a highly efficient tandem Z-scheme heterojunction photoanode for scalable photoelectrochemical water splitting.
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Li, Li, Shi, Huihui, Yu, Haihan, Tan, Xiaoran, Wang, Yanhu, Ge, Shenguang, Wang, Aizhu, Cui, Kang, Zhang, Lina, and Yu, Jinghua
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PHOTOTHERMAL effect , *STANDARD hydrogen electrode , *HETEROJUNCTIONS , *WATER efficiency , *INTERSTITIAL hydrogen generation , *PHOTOCATHODES , *ELECTRIC fields , *DYE-sensitized solar cells - Abstract
[Display omitted] • A paper-based photoanode is developed for photoelectrochemical water splitting. • MoSe 2 nanosheet anchored CdS-ZnO array functional paper is prepared. • Tandem Z-scheme configuration with double IEFs and photothermal effect are integrated. • The flexible photoanode achieves admirable solar water splitting performance. Rational design of photoelectrode architectures is deemed as an effective solution to enhance efficiency of photoelectrochemical water splitting for conquering increasingly prominent environmental problems. Herein, a programmable flexible photoanode with built-in tandem Z-scheme configuration fabricated by in-situ growth of MoSe 2 -CdS-ZnO array with ultrathin nanosheet-interlaced-nanorod structure on the Au paper electrode, is firstly reported. By taking advantages of the interwoven nanonetwork structure, high conductivity as well as larger porosity of the as-fabricated Au paper electrode, a stable light-harvesting paper chip with fast transfer/separate mediators of the charge/carriers is thus integrated. By virtue of double internal electric fields (IEFs) and photothermal effect, the developed MoSe 2 -CdS-ZnO photoanode exhibits incident-photon-to-current efficiency of 52 % under 460 nm of light irradiation, and the current density reaches 2.4 mA cm−2 at 0.3 V versus normal hydrogen electrode, which is comparable with respect to current state-of-the-art "type-II-scheme", "surface-scheme", and cocatalyst-free photocatalysts (0.03–2.4 mA cm−2). Consequently, the paper-based photoanode achieves admirable photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen generation property (39.7 μmol cm−2 h-1). The synergistic effect of tailorable tandem Z-scheme configuration with double IEFs and delineating of 3D cross-linked network structure of the proposed photoanode in this work may open an avenue for constructing high-performance photoelectrochemical water splitting devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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