Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-542
Keywords
Tungsten trioxide; Mesoporous structure; Photoelectrocatalysis; Water oxidation
Funding
- JST PRESTO program
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [24350028]
- JSPS
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [12F02031, 24107003] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Mesoporous tungsten trioxide (WO3) was prepared from tungstic acid (H2WO4) as a tungsten precursor with dodecylamine (DDA) as a template to guide porosity of the nanostructure by a solvothermal technique. The WO3 sample (denoted as WO3-DDA) prepared with DDA was moulded on an electrode to yield efficient performance for visible-light-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data of the WO3-DDA sample calcined at 400 degrees C indicate a crystalline framework of the mesoporous structure with disordered arrangement of pores. N-2 physisorption studies show a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area up to 57 m(2) g(-1) together with type IV isotherms and uniform distribution of a nanoscale pore size in the mesopore region. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images exhibit well-connected tiny spherical WO3 particles with a diameter of ca. 5 to 20 nm composing the mesoporous network. The WO3-DDA electrode generated photoanodic current density of 1.1 mA cm(-2) at 1.0 V versus Ag/AgCl under visible light irradiation, which is about three times higher than that of the untemplated WO3. O-2 (1.49 mu mol; Faraday efficiency, 65.2%) was evolved during the 1-h photoelectrolysis for the WO3-DDA electrode under the conditions employed. The mesoporous electrode turned out to work more efficiently for visible-light-driven water oxidation relative to the untemplated WO3 electrode.
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