The g-C3N4 nanosheets decorated by plasmonic Au nanoparticles: A heterogeneous electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction enhanced by sunlight illumination

• Published in: Electrochimica acta Vol. 303; pp. 110 - 117
• Main Authors: Wang, Hairui, Sun, Tao, Chang, Limin, Nie, Ping, Zhang, Xuelin, Zhao, Cuimei, Xue, Xiangxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 20.04.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Au nanoparticles; Carbon; Carbon nitride; Catalysis; Catalysts; Diffusion effects; Electric fields; Gold; Graphitic carbon nitride; Heterogeneous electrocatalyst; Illumination; Light; Nanoparticles; Nanosheets; Oxygen evolution reaction; Oxygen evolution reactions; Photoelectric effect; Photoelectricity; Plasmonic effects; Sheets; Sunlight; Synergistic effect; Au nanoparticles; Oxygen evolution reaction; Heterogeneous electrocatalyst; Graphitic carbon nitride; Plasmonic effects

A plasmonic-metal/semiconductor heterogeneous electrocatalyst composed of gold nanoparticles and graphitic carbon nitride sheets are prepared in this work for the purpose of showing off the improvement effect of surface plasmon resonance reinforcing photo-electro cooperation on the oxygen evolution...