Citation: Ningchao Zheng, Xi He, Weiqing Guo, Zhuofeng Hu. Enhancement of mass transfer efficiency and photoelectrochemical activity for TiO₂ nanorod arrays by decorating Ni³⁺-states functional NiO water oxidation cocatalyst[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(6): 1993-1997. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.10.039 shu

Enhancement of mass transfer efficiency and photoelectrochemical activity for TiO₂ nanorod arrays by decorating Ni³⁺-states functional NiO water oxidation cocatalyst

Ningchao Zheng ^a ,
Xi He ^a ,
Weiqing Guo ^b ,
Zhuofeng Hu ^{a, *,}

a.
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
b.
School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China

huzhf8@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Received Date: 17 September 2020
Revised Date: 20 October 2020
Accepted Date: 23 October 2020
Available Online: 24 October 2020

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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising technology to use solar energy. However, current metal oxides photoanode face the problem of sluggish water oxidation kinetic. In this study, we propose that the sluggish water oxidation process will cause slow mass transfer efficiency, which are rarely considered previously, especially at large bias and strong illumination. Mass transfer refers to the migration of reactants (like H₂O and OH^-) to the photoanode surface, reaction with holes and diffusion of products (like radical and O₂) to the bulk of the electrode. If the migration and diffusion are not fast enough, the mass transfer will inhibit the increase of PEC activity. This problem will be more apparent for nanorod arrays (NRAs), where the space among the NRAs is related narrow. Herein, we solve this problem by decorating the surface of the photoanode by NiO clusters with Ni³⁺ state as water oxidation cocatalysts. This work studies the PEC process from the viewpoint of mass transfer and firstly demonstrates that mass transfer in NRAs structure can be promoted by using Ni-based water oxidation cocatalyst.
- TiO₂ nanorod arrays,
- NiO cluster,
- Cocatalyst,
- Mass transfer,
- Photoelectrochemical performance
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