• 文献标题:   Synergetic effect of Cu and graphene as cocatalyst on TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from solar water splitting
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LV XJ, ZHOU SX, ZHANG C, CHANG HX, CHEN Y, FU WF
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0959-9428 EI 1364-5501
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   118
  • DOI:   10.1039/c2jm33325b
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

In photocatalytic solar water splitting systems, non-noble and highly active cocatalysts have always been pursued with tremendous interest. Herein an active and cheap photocatalyst, using Cu and graphene synergetically as co-catalysts immobilized on TiO2, was studied. This synergetic photocatalyst displayed enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water splitting in the presence of methanol as a sacrificial reagent. The hydrogen generation efficiency from the Cu-graphene synergetic cocatalyst was about 5 times higher than that of a pure graphene cocatalyst, and can be compared with that of systems containing the well-known Pt cocatalyst. Therefore this Cu-graphene synergetic cocatalyst provides an inexpensive means of harnessing solar energy to achieve efficient hydrogen evolution from water splitting.