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Hierarchical Branched TiO2 Photo/Photoelectrocatalyst with Directed Charge Transfer for Efficient Hydrogen Production
Yi-Xuan Liu1, Yi Lu1,2,3, Li He1
1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing & School of Materials Science and Engineering & Shenzhen Research Institute & Laoshan Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The directed electron transport channel design in semiconductors, which could promote charge utilization, is attractive but rarely reported. Hierarchical branched titanium dioxide (HB-TiO2), possessing a charge cascade transfer channel, was constructed by assembling titanium-defected TiO2 nanobranches on oxygen-defected TiO2 nanobelts. The interfacial Ti/O vacancies have been detected by X-ray photoelectron and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies, and the vacancies act as the "bridge" of photogenerated carrier transport. This structure maintained high photoactivity in H2 production in different mass fractions of NaCl solutions. The photocurrent density of the HB-TiO2 photoanode in natural seawater is 3.9, 2.1, and 2.6 times that of oxygen-defected TiO2 nanobelts, titanium-defected TiO2 nanobranches, and their mixture, respectively. Besides, the charge transport mechanism from the inner lattice to the TiO2 surface is proposed.
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