ZnO/CuO/M (M = Ag, Au) Hierarchical Nanostructure by Successive Photoreduction Process for Solar Hydrogen Generation
- Title
- ZnO/CuO/M (M = Ag, Au) Hierarchical Nanostructure by Successive Photoreduction Process for Solar Hydrogen Generation
- Author
- 홍석준
- Keywords
- hierarchical nanostructure; photochemical; solar water splitting; photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell; surface plasmon
- Issue Date
- 2018-05
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Citation
- NANOMATERIALS, v. 8, No. 5, Article no. 323
- Abstract
- To date, solar energy generation devices have been widely studied to meet a clean and sustainable energy source. Among them, water splitting photoelectrochemical cell is regarded as a promising energy generation way for splitting water molecules and generating hydrogen by sunlight. While many nanostructured metal oxides are considered as a candidate, most of them have an improper bandgap structure lowering energy transition efficiency. Herein, we introduce a novel wet-based, successive photoreduction process that can improve charge transfer efficiency by surface plasmon effect for a solar-driven water splitting device. The proposed process enables to fabricate ZnO/CuO/Ag or ZnO/CuO/Au hierarchical nanostructure, having an enhanced electrical, optical, photoelectrochemical property. The fabricated hierarchical nanostructures are demonstrated as a photocathode in the photoelectrochemical cell and characterized by using various analytic tools.
- URI
- https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/5/323/htmhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/81038
- ISSN
- 2079-4991
- DOI
- 10.3390/nano8050323
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES[E](공학대학) > MECHANICAL ENGINEERING(기계공학과) > Articles
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