Citation: Yanfei Li, Ruikang Zhang, Jianming Li, Jingchao Liu, Yucong Miao, Jian Guo, Mingfei Shao. TiO₂/CuPc/NiFe-LDH photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(3): 1165-1168. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.09.037 shu

TiO₂/CuPc/NiFe-LDH photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

Yanfei Li ^a ,
Ruikang Zhang ^{b, *,} ,
Jianming Li ^c ,
Jingchao Liu ^a ,
Yucong Miao ^a ,
Jian Guo ^a ,
Mingfei Shao ^{a, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
b.
College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
c.
Petroleum Geology Research and Laboratory Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China

zhangruikang@hebtu.edu.cn

shaomf@mail.buct.edu.cn

Received Date: 25 August 2020
Revised Date: 16 September 2020
Accepted Date: 22 September 2020
Available Online: 23 September 2020

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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for renewable hydrogen production. However, the practical PEC solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency is still low owing to poor light absorption and rapid recombination of charge carriers in photoelectrode. In this work, we report a ternary photoanode with simultaneously enhancement of light absorption and water oxidation efficiency by introducing copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and nickel iron-layered double hydroxide (NiFe-LDH) on TiO₂ (denoted as TiO₂/CuPc/NiFe-LDH). An experimental study reveals that CuPc loading on TiO₂ bring strong visible light absorption; NiFe-LDH as an oxygen evolution reaction catalyst efficiently accelerates the surface water oxidation reaction. This synergistic effect of CuPc and NiFe-LDH gives enhanced photocurrent density (2.10 mA/cm² at 0.6 V vs. SCE) and excellent stability in the ternary TiO₂/CuPc/NiFeLDH photoanode.
- Photoelectrochemical,
- Water splitting,
- TiO₂ photoanode,
- Layered double hydroxide,
- Photosensitizer
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