Synergetic effect of metal nickel and graphene as a cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution via dye sensitization.

Abstract:

:Exploiting new, low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is important to resolve the energy crisis and environment pollution. In this work, graphene decorated with Ni nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via one-pot reduction using graphene oxide (GO, the obtained composite was denoted as GN) as a precursor. The as-prepared composite GN exhibits much better electrocatalytic and dye-sensitized HER activities than single Ni and reduced graphene oxide (RGO), namely, a great synergetic effect of RGO and Ni for HER. The coupling of metal Ni with the defect carbons of RGO plays a key role in the synergetic effect. The structure of GN composites is another key factor to the synergetic effect. The highest apparent quantum yield (AQY) for dye-sensitized photocatalytic hydrogen evolution at 470 nm reaches 30.3% under the optimal conditions.

journal_name

Sci Rep

journal_title

Scientific reports

authors

Zhang W,Li Y,Zeng X,Peng S

doi

10.1038/srep10589

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-06-12 00:00:00

pages

10589

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2045-2322

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srep10589

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5

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