Fabrication of wheat grain textured TiO2/CuO composite nanofibers for enhanced solar H2 generation and degradation performance

Nano Energy

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-37

  Zhu, Liangliang ^a   Hong, Minghui ^a   Ho, Ghim Wei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Photocatalyst; Textured nanofibers; TiO2 CuO nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTROSPINNING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; GOOD STABILITY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTODEGRADATION ACTIVITY; PHOTOREACTIONS; SURFACE COUPLING; TIO;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84910663109     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Maeda K., Teramura K., Lu D.L., Takata T., Saito N., Inoue Y., Domen K. Nature 2006, 440:295.
2. Dauenhauer P.J., Salge J.R., Schmidt L.D. J. Catal. 2006, 244:238-247.
3. Voiry D., Yamaguchi H., Li J.W., Silva R., Alves D.C.B., Fujita T., Chen M.W., Asefa T., Shenoy V.B., Eda G., Chhowalla M. Nat. Mater. 2013, 12:850-855.
4. Kapdan I.K., Kargi F. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 2006, 38:569-582.
5. Benemann J.R., Weare N.M. Science 1974, 184:174-175.
6. Cao X.R., Tian G.H., Chen Y.J., Zhou J., Zhou W., Tian C.G., Fu H.G. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2:4366-4374.
7. Kawai T., Sakata T. Nature 1979, 282:283-284.
8. Ong W.L., Gao M., Ho G.W. Nanoscale 2013, 5:11283-11290.
9. Wang J., Gao M., Ho G.W. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2:5703-5709.
10. Lee S.S., Bai H.W., Liu Z.Y., Sun D.D. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2013, 140-141:68-81.
11. Wang M.Y., Ioccozia J., Sun L., Lin C.J., Lin Z.Q. Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7:2182-2202.
12. Wang M.Y., Sun L., Lin Z.Q., Cai J.H., Xie K.P., Lin C.J. Energy Environ. Sci. 2013, 6:1211-1220.
13. D'Elia D., Beauger C., Hochepied J.F., Rigacci A., Berger M.H., Keller N., Keller-Spitzer V., Suzuki Y., Valmalette J.C., Benabdesselam M., Achard P. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2011, 36:14360-14373.
14. Murdoch M., Waterhouse G.I.N., Nadeem M.A., Metson J.B., Keane M.A., Howe R.F., Llorca J., Idriss H. Nat. Chem. 2011, 3:489-492.
15. Lee Y.L., Chi C.F., Liau S.Y. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22:922-927.
16. Ye M.D., Gong J.J., Lai Y.K., Lin C.J., Lin Z.Q. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134:15720-15723.
17. Yu H.J., Zhao Y.F., Zhou C., Shang L., Peng Y., Cao Y.H., Wu L.Z., Tung C.H., Zhang T.R. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2:3344-3351.
18. Youngblood W.J., Lee S.H.A., Maeda K., Mallouk T.E. Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42:1966-1973.
19. Bandara J., Udawatta C.P.K., Rajapakse C.S.K. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2005, 4:857-861.
20. Wu H., Hu L.B., Rowell M.W., Kong D.S., Cha J.J., McDonough J.R., Zhu J., Yang Y., McGehee M.D., Cui Y. Nano Lett. 2010, 10:4242-4248.
21. Wu H., Kong D.S., Ruan Z.C., Hsu P.C., Wang S., Yu Z.F., Carney T.J., Hu L.B., Fan S.H., Cui Y. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2013, 8:421-425.
22. Le V.T., Kim H., Ghosh A., Kim J., Chang J., Vu Q.A., Pham D.T., Lee J.H., Kim S.W., Lee Y.H. ACS Nano 2013, 7:5940-5947.
23. C.L. Zhang and S.H. Yu, Chem. Soc. Rev. 13 (2014) 4423-4448.
24. Greiner A., Wendorff J.H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46:5670-5703.
25. Madhavan A.A., Kumar G.G., Kalluri S., Joseph J., Nagarajan S., Nair S., Subramanian K.R.V., Balakrishnan A. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2012, 12:7963-7967.
26. Nam S.H., Shim H.S., Kim Y.S., Dar M.A., Kim J.G., Kim W.B. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2010, 2:2046-2052.
27. Li H.P., Zhang W., Huang S.Y., Pan W. Nanoscale 2012, 4:801-806.
28. Babu V.J., Kumar M.K., Nair A.S., Kheng T.L., Allakhverdiev S.I., Ramakrishna S. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2012, 37:8897-8904.
29. Lee S.S., Bai H.W., Liu Z.Y., Sun D.D. Water Res. 2013, 47:4059-4073.
30. Dang T.M.D., Le T.T.T., Fribourg-Blanc E., Dang M.C. Adv. Nat. Sci.: Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2:025004.
31. Dang T.M.D., Le T.T.T., Fribourg-Blanc E., Dang M.C. Adv. Nat. Sci.: Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2:015009.
32. W.Q. Wu, H.S. Rao, Y.F. Xu, Y.F. Wang, C.Y. Su, D.B. Kang, Sci. Rep. 3 (2013) 1892.
33. Zhang Q.B., Xu D.G., Hung T.F., Zhang K.L. Nanotechnology 2013, 24:065602.
34. Wang L.F., Zhao Y., Wang J.M., Hong X., Zhai J., Jiang L., Wang F.S. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2009, 255:4944-4949.
35. Ly N.T., Hoang T.V., Ngo T.H.L., Nguyen V.C., Tran D.T., Do H.M., Vu D.L., Nguyen X.N., Dao T.H., Le Q.H., Nguyen M.H., Le V.H. Adv. Nat. Sci.: Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3:045009.
36. Dar M.A., Nam S.H., Kim Y.S., Kim W.B. J. Solid State Electrochem. 2010, 14:1719-1726.
37. Tahir D., Tougaard S. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2012, 24:175002.
38. Chuangchote S., Jitputti J., Sagawa T., Yoshikawa S. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2009, 1:1140-1143.
39. Srivastava A.K., Deepa M., Bhandari S., Fuess H. Nanoscale Res. Lett. 2009, 4:54-62.
40. Li W., Ni C., Lin H., Huang C.P., Ismat Shah S. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 96:6663-6668.
41. Gao M., Peh C.K.N., Ong W.L., Ho G.W. RSC Adv. 2013, 3:13169-13177.
42. Pan J.H., Dou H., Xiong Z., Xu C., Ma J., Zhao X.S. J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20:4512-4528.
43. Ong W.L., Natarajan S., Kloostra B., Ho G.W. Nanoscale 2013, 5:5568-5575.
44. Silva C.G., Faria J.L. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2009, 305:147-154.
45. Cheng M.M., Ma W.H., Li J., Huang Y.P., Zhao J.C. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:1569-1575.
46. Herrmann J.M., Ahiri H., Ait-Ichou Y., Lassaletta G., Gonzalez-Elipe A.R., Fernandez A. Appl. Catal., B: Environ. 1997, 13:219-228.