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Transparent TiO2 nanotubes supporting silver sulfide for photoelectrochemical water splitting

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Differences between photoelectrochemical and electrochemical activity were thoroughly investigated for the oxygen evolution reaction mediated by Ag2S deposited on two types of ordered titania substrates. Titanium dioxide nanotubes were fabricated by anodization of magnetron sputtered Ti films on ITO-coated glass substrates or directly from Ti foil. Further, Ag2S deposition on the nanotubes was carried out using successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction, known as SILAR, with 5, 25, and 45 cycles performed. Two types of nanotubes, one on transparent the other on non-transparent substrates were compared regarding their geometry, structure, optical, and electrochemical properties. It was demonstrated that the composite of Ag2S grown on transparent nanotubes exhibits higher catalytic activity compared to Ag2S grown on the nanotubes formed on Ti foil. The results showed that transparent nanotubes after modification with Ag2S by 25 SILAR cycles exhibit ca. 3 times higher photocurrent under visible light illumination than non-transparent ones treated with the same number of cycles. Furthermore, transparent nanotubes after 45 SILAR cycles of Ag2S exhibit enhanced activity towards oxygen evolution reaction with 9.3 mA cm−2 at 1.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl/0.1 M KCl which is six times higher than titania alone on Ti foil.

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  • Photo of  Wiktoria Lipińska

    Wiktoria Lipińska

    • Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Fiszera 14 Street, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland
  • Photo of  Katharina Dehm

    Katharina Dehm

    • Chemistry of Thin Film Materials, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • Photo of  Simon Hager

    Simon Hager

    • Chemistry of Thin Film Materials, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • Photo of  Justyna Gumieniak

    Justyna Gumieniak

    • The Faculty of Mechanics and Technology, Rzeszów University of Technology, Kwiatkowskiego 4 Street, 37-450 Stalowa Wola, Poland
  • Photo of  Agnieszka Kramek

    Agnieszka Kramek

    • The Faculty of Mechanics and Technology, Rzeszów University of Technology, Kwiatkowskiego 4 Street, 37-450 Stalowa Wola, Poland
  • Photo of  Ryan Crisp

    Ryan Crisp

    • Chemistry of Thin Film Materials, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • Photo of  Emerson Coy

    Emerson Coy

    • NanoBioMedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Wszechnicy Piastowskiej 3 St., 61-614 Poznań, Poland
  • Photo of  Katarzyna Grochowska

    Katarzyna Grochowska

    • Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Fiszera 14 Street, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland
  • Photo of dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Siuzdak

    Katarzyna Siuzdak dr hab. inż.

    • Centre for Plasma and Laser Engineering, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Fiszera 14 Street, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
NANOSCALE no. 16, pages 15265 - 15279,
ISSN: 2040-3364
Language:
English
Publication year:
2024
Bibliographic description:
Lipińska W., Wolff S., Dehm K., Hager S., Gumieniak J., Kramek A., Crisp R., Coy E., Grochowska K., Siuzdak K.: Transparent TiO2 nanotubes supporting silver sulfide for photoelectrochemical water splitting// NANOSCALE -Vol. 16,iss. 32 (2024), s.15265-15279
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1039/d4nr01440e
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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