A Novel ZnO/Co3O4 Nanoparticle for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light Irradiation

Autor:	Tsung-Mo Tien, Edward L. Chen
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry hydrogen evolution photocatalytic nanocomposite spatial charge separation photoinduced charge carriers ZnO/Co3O4 Catalysis General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Catalysts; Volume 13; Issue 5; Pages: 852
ISSN:	2073-4344
DOI:	10.3390/catal13050852
Popis:	In recent years, ZnO/Co3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) have been reflected as typical of the most promising photocatalysts utilized in the field of photocatalysis for potentially solving energy shortages and environmental remediation. In this work, a novel ZnO/Co3O4 NP photocatalyst was fabricated and utilized for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with visible light activity. ZnO/Co3O4 NPs display an improved photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of 3963 μmol/g through a five-hour test under visible light activity. This is much better than their single components. Hence, bare ZnO NPs loaded with 20 wt% Co3O4 NPs present optimum efficiency of hydrogen evolution (793.2 μmol/g/h) with 10 vol% triethanolamine (TEOA), which is 11.8 times that of pristine ZnO NPs. An achievable mechanism for improved photocatalysis is endowed in terms of the composite that promotes the operative separation rate of charge carriers that are produced by visible light irradiation. This study yields a potential process for the future, proposing economical, high-function nanocomposites for hydrogen evolution with visible light activity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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