Preparation of uniform gold nanoparticles of different quantity deposited on zinc oxide nanorods for photoelectrochemical water splitting
- Authors
- Yu, Juyoung; Kim, Jongsung
- Issue Date
- Jan-2022
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Gold nanoparticle; Zinc oxide nanorod; Dye degradation; Water splitting; Photoconversion efficiency
- Citation
- CHEMOSPHERE, v.287
- Journal Title
- CHEMOSPHERE
- Volume
- 287
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/82503
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132168
- ISSN
- 0045-6535
- Abstract
- For the photocatalytic test, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were prepared using trisodium citrate dehydrate (TCD), following which they were combined on the surface of zinc oxide (ZnO) to prepare ZnO decorated with uniform AuNPs (ZnO/AuNP) photocatalysts. The photocatalytic performance with the ZnO/AuNP was estimated through the rhodamine B (RB) dye degradation under solar irradiation. ZnO/AuNP-30 showed the greatest photocatalytic performance, achieving dye degradation efficiency up to 78.65%. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) measurements were performed using the ZnO/AuNP photoanodes. With AuNP doping amounts of 10, 20, and 30 mL on the ZnO surface, photocurrent densities of 47.46, 63.74, and 68.64 mA cm(-2), respectively, were achieved at an applied voltage of 1.5 V. These values indicated that the doping of AuNPs on the ZnO surface is advantageous for enhancing its PEC water-splitting activity. The highest solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency is 22% with the ZnO/ AuNP-30 photoanode at an applied voltage of 0.88 V. The interfacial charge-transfer resistances at the interface were 40 and 2.2 k Omega cm(2) for the ZnO and ZnO/AuNP-30 photoanodes, respectively.
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