N-doped defective graphene decorated by strontium titanate as efficient photocatalyst for overall water splitting

This manuscript reports the synergic effect for overall water splitting of N-doped defective graphenes obtained from the pyrolysis of biomass wastes, upon deposition at 1 wt% of Al-doped SrTiO containing RhCrO nanoparticles (RhCrO /STO:Al) as co-catalyst, exhibiting a photocatalytic activity of 153...

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Autores: Mateo, Diego, García-Mulero, Ana, Albero, J., García Gómez, Hermenegildo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/207052
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/207052
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:This manuscript reports the synergic effect for overall water splitting of N-doped defective graphenes obtained from the pyrolysis of biomass wastes, upon deposition at 1 wt% of Al-doped SrTiO containing RhCrO nanoparticles (RhCrO /STO:Al) as co-catalyst, exhibiting a photocatalytic activity of 153 mmol of H per g of total photocatalyst and 74 mmol/g of O at 24 h irradiation with UV–vis light reaching an incident photon to hydrogen efficiency of 0.67% at 360 nm. This hybrid N-doped defective graphene-RhCrO /STO:Al photocatalyst was stable in 4 consecutive photocatalytic runs. The obtained results indicate that just a small amount of RhCrO /STO:Al acting as co-catalysts supported on N-doped defective graphene is sufficient to enhance significantly its photocatalytic activity, making N-doped graphene suitable for overall splitting.