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Direct fabrication of graphitic carbon nitride-wrapped titanate nanotube arrays toward photoelectrochemical water oxidation in neutral medium
1HUTECH University, 475A Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam 2Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science, VNU-HCM, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam 3Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam
pvviet@hcmus.edu.vn
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, September 2022, 39(9), 2523-2531(9), 10.1007/s11814-022-1132-1
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Abstract
Realizing a long-term, high-performance, and affordable photocatalytic setting for water splitting processes remains challenging despite the tremendous promise. We present a direct fabrication of graphitic carbon nitride-wrapped titanate nanotube array (gC3N4-wrapped TNA) heterojunction photoelectrodes via a chemical vapor deposition-like process that leverages the pyrolysis and sublimation of melamine at 500℃. The gC3N4-wrapped TNA heterojunction photoelectrodes show a 16 times enhancement of current density and photo-response than bare TNAs. Such a remarkable enhancement comes from the effective charge separation of the gC3N4/TNA interfaces, consequently accelerating water splitting to generate oxygen under visible light. In addition, our gC3N4-wrapped TNA photoelectrodes are developed under a neutral condition that significantly increases their widespread use for practical devices.
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