2 research outputs found
High-Performance Silicon Photoanode Using Nickel/Iron as Catalyst for Efficient Ethanol Oxidation Reaction
In this study, we
report NiFe/ZrO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si photoanodes
with efficient photoelectrocatalytic activity for ethanol oxidation
reaction (EOR) in alkaline medium (1.0 M KOH). NiFe/ZrO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si electrode exhibits apparently improved EOR activity with the
mass-specific activity of 34.4 mA·cm<sup>–2</sup> under
visible light illumination, which is approximately 2.53 times higher
than that in the dark (13.6 mA·cm<sup>–2</sup>). NiFe/ZrO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si electrode presents obviously enhanced stability under
visible light illumination due to the acceleration of the oxidation
of intermediate products adsorbed on the surface of the catalyst.
Additionally, NiFe/ZrO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si photoanode displays better
EOR activity compared with PtÂ(Pd)/ZrO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si photoanodes,
which shows the potential to replace the Pt or Pd in EOR using a silicon
photoanode
High-Performance Silicon Photoanode Enhanced by Gold Nanoparticles for Efficient Water Oxidation
Ni catalyst is a
low-cost catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on silicon metal–insulator–semiconductor
photoanode. We found that Au nanoparticles incorporated with Ni nanoparticles
can enhance the OER activity and stability of Ni nanoparticles due
to the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of the Au nanoparticles.
The efficiency of NiAu/TiO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si photoanode can be boosted
at least three times under the illumination (100 mW/cm<sup>2</sup>) by LSPR effect of the Au nanoparticles. A small onset potential
of 1.03 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (overpotential, η<sub>0</sub> = −0.20 V) and a current density of 18.80 mA/cm<sup>2</sup> at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode can be obtained.
The NiAu/TiO<sub>2</sub>/n-Si photoanode exhibits a high saturation
current density of 35 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>, which is greater than that
of most of the state-of-the-art silicon photoanodes