Multilayer N-doped graphene films as photoelectrodes for H2 evolution

[EN] Multilayer N-doped graphene photoelectrodes have been prepared following a straightforward one-step pyrolytic fabrication method. The N-doped graphene photoelectrodes have been demonstrated to work both as semitransparent electrodes and as efficient photoelectrocatalysts for H2 evolution at low...

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Autores: García-Gómez, Alejandra, Albero-Sancho, Josep|||0000-0002-4841-7206, García Gómez, Hermenegildo|||0000-0002-9664-493X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/105503
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/105503
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Graphene
Hydrogen evolution
Photoelectrocatalysis
Photoelectrode
Thin film
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Sumario:[EN] Multilayer N-doped graphene photoelectrodes have been prepared following a straightforward one-step pyrolytic fabrication method. The N-doped graphene photoelectrodes have been demonstrated to work both as semitransparent electrodes and as efficient photoelectrocatalysts for H2 evolution at low bias. N-doped graphene photoelectrodes exhibited a constant H2 generation rate of 3.64 mmolh @1 cm2 at 0.2 V under 3443 Wm@2 irradiation for 17 h, reaching an applied-bias-compensated solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 1.8%. The N-doped graphene photoelectrodes show light-intensity dependence as well as photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution in the UV/Vis spectral region. Impedance spectroscopy provides experimental evidence indicating that charge separation within N-doped graphene increases upon positive bias polarization of the photoelectrode.