Effect of Functionalized Benzene Derivatives as Potential Hole Scavengers for BiVO₄ and rGO-BiVO₄ Photoelectrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

ABSTRACT: Sustainable hydrogen production is one of the main challenges today in the transition to a green and sustainable economy. Photocatalytic hydrogen production is one of the most promising technologies, amongst which BiVO₄-based processes are highly attractive due to their suitable band gap for solar-driven processes. However, the performance of BiVO₄ alone in this role is often unsatisfactory. Herein we report the improvement of BiVO₄ performance with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a co-catalyst for the photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC-WS) in the presence of simple functionalized benzene derivatives (SFBDs), i.e., phenol (PH), benzoic acid (BA), salicylic acid (SA), and 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) as potential photogenerated hole scavengers from c

SUBMITTER: Sharifi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9695294 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature