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Scalable One‐Step Assembly of an Inexpensive Photoelectrode for Water Oxidation by Deposition of a Ti‐ and Ni‐Containing Molecular Precursor on Nanostructured WO 3
Author(s) -
Lai YiHsuan,
King Timothy C.,
Wright Dominic S.,
Reisner Erwin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201302641
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , nanocomposite , catalysis , materials science , chemical engineering , deposition (geology) , coating , molecule , water splitting , heterojunction , nanotechnology , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , paleontology , sediment , engineering , biology
Photoactive in one step! A nanocomposite water‐oxidation photocatalyst was assembled by a straightforward and one‐step spin‐coating procedure of a Ti‐ and Ni‐containing molecule on nanostructured WO 3 . The photoanode oxidizes water to O 2 with good activity and stability in alkaline solution, and thereby features light absorption, charge separation and water‐oxidation catalysis (see scheme).