• 文献标题:   Solar hydrogen evolution using a CuGaS2 photocathode improved by incorporating reduced graphene oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   IWASE A, NG YH, AMAL R, KUDO A
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tokyo Univ Sci
  • 被引频次:   28
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5ta01237f
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The effectiveness of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) in water reduction on a CuGaS2 photocathode was demonstrated. Graphene oxide was photocatalytically reduced over CuGaS2 particles under visible light irradiation to give an RGO-CuGaS2 composite. The incorporated RGO dramatically enhanced the cathodic photocurrent of the CuGaS2 photoelectrode under visible light irradiation. Detection of evolved H-2 indicated that the enhanced cathodic photocurrent was used for water reduction to H-2. Upon combining the developed RGO-CuGaS2 composite photocathode with a BiVO4 photoanode loaded with a CoOx cocatalyst, photocurrent and the corresponding H-2 evolution were successfully observed without applying an external bias between both photoelectrodes under simulated sunlight irradiation.