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Electrochemical water oxidation by photo-deposited cobalt-based catalyst on a nano-structured TiO2 electrode
KTH, School of Chemical Science and Engineering (CHE), Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.
KTH, School of Chemical Science and Engineering (CHE), Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4521-2870
2012 (English)In: Science China Chemistry, ISSN 1674-7291, Vol. 55, no 9, p. 1976-1981Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A cobalt-based catalyst was directly photo-deposited on the surface of a widely used n-type nano-structured semiconductor (TiO2). Different thicknesses of the TiO2 films as well as different time of photo-deposition of the Co-based catalyst on TiO2 films have been optimized. It was found that the electrode with 3 layers of TiO2 film (in 8 mu m thickness) and 1 hour photo-deposition of the cobalt-based catalyst by light irradiation from a 500 W Xenon lamp gave the highest current density (similar to 5 mA/cm(2)). Using this cobalt-modified TiO2 film as a working electrode in an electrochemical device, highly efficient water oxidation has been demonstrated in a pH 7.0 aqueous solution with low overpotential.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. Vol. 55, no 9, p. 1976-1981
Keywords [en]
artificial photosynthesis, electrochemical water oxidation, cobalt-based catalyst, photo-deposition, water splitting
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Chemical Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-103149DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4551-8ISI: 000308192400039Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84866136614OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-103149DiVA, id: diva2:559419
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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
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QC 20121017

Available from: 2012-10-09 Created: 2012-10-04 Last updated: 2022-06-24Bibliographically approved
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1. Functional Photo-electrochemical Devices for Solar Cellsand Solar Fuels Based on Molecular Components
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Functional Photo-electrochemical Devices for Solar Cellsand Solar Fuels Based on Molecular Components
2012 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This thesis concerns the development and the study of molecular functional photo-electrochemical cells (PEC) for solar cells and solar fuels.

The first chapter gives a general introduction about photosynthesis, dye-sensitized solar cell and photo-electrochemical device for water splitting.

The second chapter describes a TiO2-Co-catalyst electrode manufactured by a direct photo-deposition method. The electrode showed activity for electrochemical water oxidation in an electrochemical device.

In the third chapter, a photo-electrochemical cell (PEC) with two-electrodes for visible light driven water splitting has been successfully demonstrated. One electrode was a photo-anode, which assembled a ruthenium water oxidation catalyst (complex 1) into a dye-sensitized porous nanostructured TiO2 electrode by employing a cation-exchange membrane (Nafion). The other electrode was platinum which was used as a passive cathode for proton reduction.

In the fourth chapter, an earth abundant metal complex with an anchoring group (cobalt complex 2) was synthesized and investigated as water oxidation catalyst. This complex was further applied into a photo-anode in a PEC. The photo-anode was assembled by co-sensitization of complex 2 to a dye-sensitized porous nanostructured TiO2 electrode. The PEC device gave ca. 250 υA/cm2 photo-current and 7.2 % IPCE without applying any bias voltage, which is much higher than the reported results in the sample type of PEC. Meanwhile, we have shown that the catalytic effect is not from free cobalt ions, CoOx film or nanoparticles formed in situ by using complex 2 in the device.

The last two chapters describe an optimization of the NiO films prepared in two steps rather than one step film and applied in p-type DSSCs. This optimized film could adsorb more dye (P1), leading to a significant light harvesting efficiency (LHE) and IPCE in DSSCs. We further combined this P1 sensitized photo-cathode with a hydrogen evolution catalyst (complex 3) and applied this photo-cathode into a PEC for visible light hydrogen evolution.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2012. p. 71
Series
TRITA-CHE-Report, ISSN 1654-1081 ; 2012:51
Keywords
artificial photosynthesis, dye sensitized solar cell, hydrogen generation catalyst, nickel oxide (NiO), titanium dioxide (TiO2), water oxidation catalyst, water splitting
National Category
Other Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-103623 (URN)
Public defence
2012-11-09, F3, Lindstedtsvägen 26, KTH, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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Available from: 2012-10-17 Created: 2012-10-16 Last updated: 2022-09-16Bibliographically approved

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