• 文献标题:   Boosting Photoelectrochemical Ethanol Evolution on Reduced Graphene Oxide Functionalized Photocathode
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JUNG M, KIM CW, KIM SY, PAWAR AU, LEE DK, KANG YS
  • 作者关键词:   co, 2 activation, ethanol production, photoelectrochemical co, 2 reduction, rgo functionalized photocathode, zno@znte
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1614-6832 EI 1614-6840
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/aenm.202202160 EA OCT 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Herein, a reduced graphene oxide (rGO) functionalized photocathode is studied for selective production of solar liquid fuels depending on dark and solar light illumination condition. rGO functionalized photocathode with p-n junction at the core-shell interface of ZnO@ZnTe is prepared with a three-step synthetic process. Preparation of ZnO nanorod, formation of ZnTe on ZnO nanorod by anion-exchange and then, finally, rGO layers are functionalized on the surface of ZnO@ZnTe photocathode. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) system of BiVO4 parallel to KHCO3 parallel to ZnO@ZnTe@rGO combination is introduced for selective solar liquid fuel production by CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Functionalization of rGO layers on photocathode enables the multi-electron shuttling function for the enhanced charge transfer efficiency due to its large charge capacitance, which results in producing liquid fuels such as HCHO and EtOH selectively as solar liquid fuels. These results in this work clearly demonstrate a possibility of solar liquid fuel product selectivity by PEC CO2RR.