A low-valent cobalt oxide co-catalyst to boost photocatalytic water oxidation via enhanced hole-capturing ability
Co-catalysts have been widely studied to improve photocatalytic water oxidation efficiency, and the precise control of their oxidation states and minimizing particle sizes can optimize the practical performance. In this work, ultrafine cobalt oxide (CoO x ) co-catalysts with specific Co valence stat...
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Published in | Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Vol. 9; no. 26; pp. 14786 - 14792 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Cambridge
Royal Society of Chemistry
01.01.2021
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Subjects | |
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Summary: | Co-catalysts have been widely studied to improve photocatalytic water oxidation efficiency, and the precise control of their oxidation states and minimizing particle sizes can optimize the practical performance. In this work, ultrafine cobalt oxide (CoO
x
) co-catalysts with specific Co valence states have been successfully synthesized, which are anchored on a tantalum oxynitride (TaON) host photocatalyst
via
a photochemical metal–organic deposition method. Photoelectrochemical and photoluminescence analyses prove that the Co
2+
dominant CoO
x
co-catalyst is favorable for charge separation and transportation because of its excellent hole-capturing properties, consequently enhancing the photocatalytic water oxidation performance. The resultant TaON with the Co
2+
dominant CoO
x
co-catalyst exhibits an outstanding O
2
production rate up to 6.10 ± 0.17 mmol h
−1
g
−1
and possesses an excellent apparent quantum efficiency of 21.2% at 420 nm, which are among the best values of water-oxidation photocatalysts. |
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ISSN: | 2050-7488 2050-7496 |
DOI: | 10.1039/D1TA01858B |