Dye functionalized carbon nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting - role of inner tubes

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	Dye functionalized carbon nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting - role of inner tubes
	Cheng, Yi; Memar, Amir; Saunders, Martin; Pan, Jian; Liu, Chang; Gale, Julian D.; Demichelis, Raffaella; Shen, Pei Kang; Jiang, San Ping; s.jiang@curtin.edu.au
	2016
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
ISSN	2050-7488
卷号	4 期号:7 页码:2473-2483
摘要	Dye sensitized water splitting photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells generally require the attachment of photosensitizer to a semiconductor and a water oxidation catalyst (WOC). Here we report for the first time that dye, including zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc), cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) and tris(bipyridine) ruthenium(II) (Rubpy), sensitized or functionalized pristine carbon nanotubes (dye/CNTs) without the presence of semiconducting oxides and conventional WOCs have unusually high activity for PEC water splitting in alkaline solutions under ultraviolet (UV) and visible light. The PEC activities of dye/CNTs show distinctive volcano curves as a function of number of walls with the highest activity observed on double-and triplewalled CNTs (DWNTs and TWNTs). For example, the photocurrent of the ZnPc functionalized TWNTs at 1.2 V vs. RHE is 0.32 mA cm(-2), which is similar to 4 times of 0.09 mA cm(-2) obtained on the ZnPc functionalized single-walled CNTs (SWNTs) and one order of magnitude higher than 0.02 mA cm(-2) on ZnPc functionalized multi-walled CNTs (MWNTs). On the other hand, the photocurrents are negligible on pristine CNTs, less than 0.005 mA cm(-2) under identical experimental conditions. This remarkable feature is due to the unique charge separation ability of the dye/CNTs, where the photoexcited electrons are transferred to the inner tubes via the electron tunneling under the dc bias voltage, and the significant electrocatalytic activities of DWNTs and TWNTs for the water oxidation reaction. The results provide new opportunities for the development of artificial photosynthetic systems via the manipulation of the quantum properties of CNTs.
部门归属	[cheng, yi ; memar, amir ; pan, jian ; jiang, san ping] curtin univ, fuels & energy technol inst, dept chem engn, perth, wa 6102, australia ; [saunders, martin] univ western australia, cmca, clawley, wa 6009, australia ; [liu, chang] chinese acad sci, inst met res, shenyang 110016, peoples r china ; [gale, julian d. ; demichelis, raffaella] curtin univ, nanochem res inst, dept chem, pob u1987, perth, wa 6845, australia ; [shen, pei kang] guangxi univ, collaborat innovat ctr sustainable energy mat, nanning 530004, peoples r china
资助者	Australian Research Council [DP150102044, DP150102025]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [51210002]
收录类别	sci
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000369665800012
引用统计	被引频次：24[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/74731
专题	中国科学院金属研究所
通讯作者	s.jiang@curtin.edu.au
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cheng, Yi,Memar, Amir,Saunders, Martin,et al. Dye functionalized carbon nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting - role of inner tubes[J]. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A,2016,4(7):2473-2483.
APA	Cheng, Yi.,Memar, Amir.,Saunders, Martin.,Pan, Jian.,Liu, Chang.,...&s.jiang@curtin.edu.au.(2016).Dye functionalized carbon nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting - role of inner tubes.JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A,4(7),2473-2483.
MLA	Cheng, Yi,et al."Dye functionalized carbon nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting - role of inner tubes".JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 4.7(2016):2473-2483.