Microwave-assisted self-doping of TiO2 photonic crystals for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting
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ArticleKAUST Department
Imaging and Characterization Core LabBiological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
Environmental Science and Engineering Program
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
Advanced Nanofabrication, Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
Core Labs
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2013-12-23Online Publication Date
2013-12-23Print Publication Date
2014-01-08Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563333
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In this article, we report that the combination of microwave heating and ethylene glycol, a mild reducing agent, can induce Ti3+ self-doping in TiO2. A hierarchical TiO2 nanotube array with the top layer serving as TiO2 photonic crystals (TiO2 NTPCs) was selected as the base photoelectrode. The self-doped TiO2 NTPCs demonstrated a 10-fold increase in visible-light photocurrent density compared to the nondoped one, and the optimized saturation photocurrent density under simulated AM 1.5G illumination was identified to be 2.5 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode, which is comparable to the highest values ever reported for TiO2-based photoelectrodes. The significant enhancement of photoelectrochemical performance can be ascribed to the rational coupling of morphological and electronic features of the self-doped TiO 2 NTPCs: (1) the periodically morphological structure of the photonic crystal layer traps broadband visible light, (2) the electronic interband state induced from self-doping of Ti3+ can be excited in the visible-light region, and (3) the captured light by the photonic crystal layer is absorbed by the self-doped interbands. © 2013 American Chemical Society.Citation
Zhang, Z., Yang, X., Hedhili, M. N., Ahmed, E., Shi, L., & Wang, P. (2013). Microwave-Assisted Self-Doping of TiO2 Photonic Crystals for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6(1), 691–696. doi:10.1021/am404848nSponsors
This work was supported by KAUST baseline fund. Z.Z. is thankful for a SABIC Postdoctoral Fellowship.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)PubMed ID
24328231ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/am404848n
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