Enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability of the reduced graphene oxide loaded potassium niobate microspheres for hydrogen production from water reduction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 12515-12523

  Hong, Zhen ^a   Li, Xiangqing ^a   Kang, Shi Zhao ^a   Qin, Lixia ^a   Li, Guodong ^b   Mu, Jin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Jilin University   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalysis; Potassium niobate microspheres; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRRADIATION; MICROSPHERES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POTASSIUM; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; REDUCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; POTASSIUM NIOBATE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84905274662     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.075     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. R. Solmaz, and G. Kardaş Fabrication and characterization of NiCoZn-M (M: Ag, Pd and Pt) electrocatalysts as cathode materials for electrochemical hydrogen production Int J Hydrogen Energy 36 2011 12079 12087
2. H.C. Zhang, G.X. Lin, and J.C. Chen Evaluation and calculation on the efficiency of a water electrolysis system for hydrogen production Int J Hydrogen Energy 35 2010 10851 10858
3. 2 photocatalyst with visible-light activity Catal Lett 129 2009 462 470
4. 2 photocatalysts Int J Hydrogen Energy 30 2005 687 691
5. 3 (A = Na and K) Int J Hydrogen Energy 32 2007 2269 2272
6. 2 photocatalysts for water splitting Catal Today 142 2009 314 319
7. 2 nanotube photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water Int J Hydrogen Energy 36 2011 6560 6568
8. B.T. Jonker, Y.D. Park, B.R. Bennett, H.D. Cheong, G. Kioseoglou, and A. Petrou Robust electrical spin injection into a semiconductor heterostructure Phys Rev B 62 2000 8180 8183
9. S.W. Kim, J.H. Lee, J. Lee, S.W. Kim, M.H. Kim, and S. Park et al. Synthesis of monoclinic potassium niobate nanowires that are stable at room temperature J Am Chem Soc 135 2013 6 9
10. Z.W. Tong, S. Takagi, T. Shimada, H. Tachibana, and H. Inoue Photo responsive multilayer spiral nanotubes: Intercalation of polyfluorinated cationic azobenzene surfactant into potassium niobate J Am Chem Soc 128 2006 684 685
11. 17 nanosheet sols and their macroscopic alignment Adv Mater 14 2002 1267 1270
12. X.B. Zhang, D.S. Feng, M.F. Chen, Z.D. Ding, and Z.W. Tong Preparation and electrochemical behavior of methylene blue intercalated into layered niobate J Mater Sci 44 2009 3020 3025
13. 2 morphologies on hydrogen evolution by methanol assisted water splitting: nanoparticles, nanotubes and aerogels Int J Hydrogen Energy 36 2011 14360 14373
14. C. Zhou, G. Chen, and Q. Wang High photocatalytic activity of porous potassium niobate microspheres microsphere with large surface area prepared by homogeneous precipitation using urea J Mol Catal A - Chem 339 2011 37 42
15. R.Z. Ma, Y. Kobayashi, W.J. Youngblood, and T.E. Mallouk Potassium niobate nanoscrolls incorporating rhodium hydroxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution J Mater Chem 18 2008 5982 5985
16. 17 as an efficient photocatalyst for methyl orange degradation: influence of solution pH and surface-dispersed gold nanoparticles J Mol Catal A - Chem 383-384 2014 209 216
17. 3 nanowires by Au nanoparticles under ultraviolet and visible-light Nanoscale 3 2011 5161 5167
18. Q.J. Xiang, and J.G. Yu Graphene-based photocatalysts for hydrogen generation J Phys Chem Lett 4 2013 753 759
19. N. Shaham-Waldmann, and Y. Paz Beyond charge separation: the effect of coupling between titanium dioxide and CNTs on the adsorption and photocatalytic reduction of Cr (VI) Chem Eng J 231 2013 49 58
20. 2 for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from solar water splitting J Mater Chem 22 2012 18542 18549
21. F.G. Xu, M. Deng, G.Y. Li, S.H. Chen, and L. Wang Electrochemical behavior of cuprous oxide-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites and their application in nonenzymatic hydrogen peroxide sensing Electrochim Acta 88 2013 59 65
22. A. Wojcik, and P.V. Kamat Reduced graphene oxide and porphyrin. An interactive affair in 2-D ACS Nano 4 2010 164 174
23. 2-rGO nanocomposite photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity Appl Catal B - Environ 132-133 2013 452 459
24. T.Y. Zhang, X.Q. Li, S.Z. Kang, L.X. Qin, W.F. Yan, and J. Mu Facile assembly and properties of polystyrene microsphere/reduced graphene oxide/Ag composite J Colloid Interface Sci 402 2013 279 283
25. T.R. Wu, H.L. Shen, L. Sun, B. Cheng, B. Liu, and J.C. Shen Facile synthesis of Ag interlayer doped graphene by chemical vapor deposition using polystyrene as solid carbon source ACS Appl Mater Interface 4 2012 2041 2047
26. 2/graphene nanocomposites and their photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution Int J Hydrogen Energy 37 2012 811 815
27. H.F. Liang, W. Ren, J.H. Su, and C.L. Cai Photoconductivity of reduced graphene oxide and graphene oxide composite films Thin Solid Films 521 2012 163 167
28. 2 nanoparticles J Colloid Interface Sci 405 2013 211 217
29. 17 composite and enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B under visible light Chem Eng J 230 2013 10 18
30. 17 nanocomposites prepared via reverse microemulsion J Mol Catal A - Chem 370 2013 87 94
31. 17 nanocomposite photocatalysts Appl Surf Sci 276 2013 823 831
32. 2 generation J Mol Catal A - Chem 378 2013 213 220
33. Y. Zhou, Q.L. Bao, L.A.L. Tang, Y.L. Zhong, and K.P. Loh Hydrothermal dehydration for the "green" reduction of exfoliated grapheme oxide to graphene and demonstration of tunable optical limiting properties Chem Mater 21 2009 2950 2956
34. 3 J Electron Spectrosc Relat Phenom 83 1997 121 127
35. 4 nanocomposites with visible light photoactivity Mater Lett 106 2013 284 286
36. R. Czerw, B. Foley, D. Tekleab, A. Rubio, P. Ajayan, and D. Carroll Substrate-interface interactions between carbon nanotubes and the supporting substrate Phys Rev B 66 2002 033408 (1-4)
37. 2 nanorod in relation to their catalytic activity for simultaneous hydrogen production under solar light Int J Hydrogen Energy 38 2013 15992 16001
38. Pan B, Wang Y, Liang YY, Luo SJ, Su WY, Wang XX. Nanocomposite of BiPO4 and reduced graphene oxide as an efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Int J Hydrogen Energy http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.02.031.
39. 4 nanocomposites Catal Sci Technol 3 2013 1712 1717
40. Y. Zhu, D.K. James, and J.M. Tour New routes to graphene, graphene oxide and their related applications Adv Mater 24 2012 4924 4955