Nanostar morphology of plasmonic particles strongly enhances photoelectrochemical water splitting of TiO2 nanorods with superior incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency in visible/near-infrared region
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.106" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.106</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Nanostar morphology of plasmonic particles strongly enhances photoelectrochemical water splitting of TiO2 nanorods with superior incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency in visible/near-infrared region
Original language description
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting with TiO2 photoanodes is a promising technique for converting solar energy into a clean chemical energy. The key drawbacks of titania involve still a low PEC performance and its large band gap energy allowing absorption only in the UVregion. Plasmonic nanostructures such as Au and Ag represent a powerful tool towards the light harvesting enhancement with the efficiency dependent on their size and loading. Here, the unique nanostar morphology of plasmonic particles is presented as a new principal factor allowing the significant improvement of the incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) and the extension of light absorption over the broadband UV-Vis-NIR region. A plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructure synthesis is based on ex situ deposition of multispiked gold nanostars (Au-NSs) onto hydrothermally grown TiO2 nanorods. Compared to bare TiO2 nanorods, the Au-NSs-decorated TiO2 exhibits 350% and ca. 20% increase in the photocurrent density under visible light and simulated sunlight irradiation, respectively. Importantly, a significant enhancement of IPCE over the Vis-NIR region is observed with single-phase Au-NSs, the value two times higher compared to the spherical morphology. This is largely attributed to the long-wavelength plasmon resonances of Au-NSs and their ability to promote surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-mediated hot electron transfer.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10403 - Physical chemistry
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Electrochimica Acta
ISSN
0013-4686
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
260
Issue of the periodical within the volume
January
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
212-220
UT code for WoS article
000419831600024
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85037979111