• 文献标题:   Direct growth of graphene nanowalls on silica for high-performance photo-electrochemical anode
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   NONG JP, WEI W, SONG XF, TANG LL, YANG J, SUN T, YU LY, LUO W, LI C, WEI DP
  • 作者关键词:   photoelectrochemical, graphene nanowall, coating, cdte
  • 出版物名称:   SURFACE COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0257-8972
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chongqing Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.10.092
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Recently, graphene-like nanofilm materials have attracted extensive attention as the fundamental building blocks for potential applications in optoelectronic devices. Here, we developed a simple and versatile technique to directly produce high-quality graphene nanowalls on silica substrate without any catalyst and post-transfer. It shows that the entire surface of silica substrate is fully covered with continuous graphene nanowalls with well-connected network. Moreover, the prepared optical films exhibit excellent optical absorption with a high absorbance of 95% at a wide range of waveband from visible to near infrared. Such a three dimensional film material with super-large surfaces and outstanding optical properties is further decorated with CdTe nanofilm and used as a photo-electrochemical working electrode. The prepared electrode exhibits a fast photo-responsive behavior with high photo-current density up to 3 mA/cm(2). Our study identifies that graphene nanowalls served as an excellent transfer black body can enhance the photo-electrochemical performance of electrode when it is sensitized with semiconductor nanofilms. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.