PCDA/ZnO Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Solar Water Splitting.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we developed well-aligned ZnO nanoflowers coated with poly-10,12-pentacosadiyonic acid (p-PCDA@ZnO) and modified with Pt nanoparticle (Pt/p-PCDA@ZnO) hybrid photoanodes for highly efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows that thin films of the p-PCDA layer were well coated on the ZnO nanoflowers and that Pt nanoparticles were on it. The photoelectrochemical characterizations were made under simulated solar irradiation AM 1.5. The current density of the p-PCDA@ZnO and the Pt/p- PCDA@ZnO was 0.227 mA/cm² and 0.305 mA/cm², respectively, and these values were three times and four times higher compared to the 0.071 mA/cm² of the bare ZnO nanoflowers. The UV-visible spectrum showed tha

SUBMITTER: Akhmetzhanov N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11396138 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature