Integrating CoOx cocatalyst on hexagonal α-Fe2O3 for effective photocatalytic oxygen evolution
Integrating CoOx cocatalyst on hexagonal α-Fe2O3 for effective photocatalytic oxygen evolution
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将 CoOx 助催化剂集成到六方 α-Fe2O3 上以实现有效的光催化析氧
DOI:
10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.014
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发表时间:
2019-03-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Li, Huaming
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作者:
Li, Li;She, Xiaojie;Li, Huaming
For water oxidation reaction, it involves multi-electron reaction, which is the rate-determining step for the photocatalytic water splitting, meaning the photocatalytic water splitting reaction kinetic is limited by water oxidation reaction. Here, we demonstrate that the O-2 evolution reaction (OER) cocatalyst (CoOx) can dramatically improve the OER performance of the hexagonal alpha-Fe2O3 photoharvester. Although the pure hexagonal alpha-Fe2O3 is inert for water oxidation, the photocatalytic O-2 evolution rate of 5% CoOx /alpha-Fe2O3 is up to similar to 195.19 mu mol/g/h. The enhanced photocatalytic water oxidation performance can be ascribed to the effective separation of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs of alpha-Fe2O3 and the high transfer kinetics of the holes. The ESR results show that the introduction of CoO x does enhance the transfer and separation efficiency of the photogenerated carriers of the hexagonal alpha-Fe2O3. Additionally, the photocatalytic mechanism was also researched in detail.