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Carbon quantum dots modified anatase/rutile TiO2 photoanode with dramatically enhanced photoelectrochemical performance
摘要: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, but the severe bulk recombination of photongenerated carriers, the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics and the poor visible light response are the main bottleneck problems. Here, the carbon quantum dots (CQDs) modified anatase/rutile TiO2 photoanode (CQDs/A/R-TiO2) was designed by growth of anatase TiO2 nanothorns on the rutile TiO2 nanorods and further surface modification of CQDs. The results revealed that A/R-TiO2 heterojunction significantly suppressed the bulk recombination of photogenerated carriers. With further incorporation of CQDs into A/R-TiO2, dramatical improvement of OER kinetics and light harvesting were obtained. The bulk charge separation efficiency (ηbulk) and the surface charge injection efficiency (ηsurface) of CQDs/A/R-TiO2 are 1.69 and 5.74 times higher than that of the pristine TiO2 at 0.6 V vs. RHE, respectively. The photocurrent of CQDs/A/R-TiO2 is increased by 11.72 times and the onset potential of CQDs/A/R-TiO2 is negatively shifted by 240 mV.
关键词: Anatase/rutile TiO2 heterojunction,Carbon quantum dots,Bulk and surface charge transfer kinetics,PEC,Light harvesting
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Improved CdS QDSSCs with graphene and anatase-rutile TiO2 composite as photoanodes
摘要: In this paper, we developed a simple and convenient method for incorporating graphene with anatase-rutile TiO2 composite and applied it as photoanode to improve the photovoltaic performance of CdS QDSSCs. Our research indicated in a CdS QDSSC system, the photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE) of anatase-rutile TiO2 (TGr0) composite photoanode was 86% higher than that rutile TiO2 NRs. We also found that the PCE increased first and then decreased with the change of graphene content after the graphene was introduced into the anatase-rutile TiO2 photoanode. When the ratio of optimized graphene/anatase TiO2 particles composite that spin-coated on rutile TiO2 NRs photoanode was 5%, we attained a maximum PCE of 2.20%, which was 178% and 50% higher than that pure TiO2 NRs (0.79%) and TGr0 (1.47%), respectively.
关键词: Anatase-rutile TiO2,CdS quantum dots,Graphene,Photovoltaic performance
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57