Efficient Charge Transfer Channels in Reduced Graphene Oxide/Mesoporous TiO2 Nanotube Heterojunction Assemblies toward Optimized Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Autor: Zhenzi Li, Decai Yang, Hongqi Chu, Liping Guo, Tao Chen, Yifan Mu, Xiangyi He, Xueyan Zhong, Baoxia Huang, Shiyu Zhang, Yue Gao, Yuxiu Wei, Shijie Wang, Wei Zhou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nanomaterials, Vol 12, Iss 9, p 1474 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-4991
DOI: 10.3390/nano12091474
Popis: Interface engineering is usually considered to be an efficient strategy to promote the separation and migration of photoexcited electron-hole pairs and improve photocatalytic performance. Herein, reduced graphene oxide/mesoporous titanium dioxide nanotube heterojunction assemblies (rGO/TiO2) are fabricated via a facile hydrothermal method. The rGO is anchored on the surface of TiO2 nanosheet assembled nanotubes in a tightly manner due to the laminated effect, in which the formed heterojunction interface becomes efficient charge transfer channels to boost the photocatalytic performance. The resultant rGO/TiO2 heterojunction assemblies extend the photoresponse to the visible light region and exhibit an excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of 932.9 μmol h−1 g−1 under simulated sunlight (AM 1.5G), which is much higher than that of pristine TiO2 nanotubes (768.4 μmol h−1 g−1). The enhancement can be ascribed to the formation of a heterojunction assembly, establishing effective charge transfer channels and favoring spatial charge separation, the introduced rGO acting as an electron acceptor and the two-dimensional mesoporous nanosheets structure supplying a large surface area and adequate surface active sites. This heterojunction assembly will have potential applications in energy fields.
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