Synthesis of Porous ZnO Nanosheets and Carbon Nanotube Hybrids as Efficient Photocatalysts via Pulsed Laser Ablation
- Authors
- Ryu, Yun Yeol; Kim, Taekyung; Han, HyukSu
- Issue Date
- Oct-2019
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- photocatalyst; water splitting; zinc oxide; carbon nanotube; pulsed laser ablation; nanocomposites
- Citation
- CATALYSTS, v.9, no.10
- Journal Title
- CATALYSTS
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 10
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/1101
- DOI
- 10.3390/catal9100787
- ISSN
- 2073-4344
- Abstract
- Zinc oxide (ZnO) has attractive photocatalytic properties. However, the high recombination rate of the photo-excited charge carriers on this material often restricts application. Here, we report that hybridization of one dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes (CNT) on two dimensional (2D) porous ZnO nanosheets (NS) can be a promising strategy to overcome some of the challenges of ZnO. Specifically, a pulsed laser ablation technique was utilized to hybridize 1D CNT with 2D porous ZnO NS in environmentally friendly as well as super-economic (short time, less than 10 min) conditions. The synthesized ZnO NS-CNT hybrids show a significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for water splitting relative to their counterpart ZnO NS.
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