Separate-type Pt-free photofuel cell based on a visible light-responsive TiO2 photoanode: Effect of hydrofluoric acid treatment of the photoanode
Authors: Kazushi Iyatani, Yu Horiuchi, Shohei Fukumoto, Masato Takeuchi, Masakazu Anpo, Masaya Matsuoka
Abstract:
The present study deals with the effect of a hydrofluoric acid (HF) treatment of visible light-responsive TiO2 (Vis-TiO2) thin film photocatalysts on their photoelectrochemical performances. The Vis-TiO2 thin film photocatalysts have been prepared on Ti metal substrates by a magnetron sputtering deposition method and then treated by an HF solution. The HF treatment of Vis-TiO2 thin film photocatalysts leads to the dramatic enhancement of their photoelectrochemical performances under UV light and visible light irradiation. Moreover, separate-type Pt-free photofuel cells (SPFCs) constructed using the Vis-TiO2 thin films as photoanodes can generate electricity under light irradiation and simultaneously decompose methanol. The SPFCbasedontheVis-TiO2 thinfilmphotoanode etchedbyHF solutionshows the enhanced cell performances with two times higher short-circuit current density and higher energy conversion efficiency than that based on the untreated Vis-TiO2 thin film photoanode. In addition to the increase of surface area and surface roughness, the enhanced conductivity by HF treatment, which is confirmed by Mott–Schottky analyses, is found to be responsible for improvement of cell performances of the SPFC.
Keywords:
Photofuel cell
HF etching
Visible light-responsive TiO2 thin film
Energy conversion
Organic-matter decomposition
Published in: Applied catalysis A: General (Volume 458, Pages 1-206, 10 May 2013)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN Information: 0926-860X
Separate-type Pt-free photofuel cell based on a visible light-responsive TiO2 photoanode: Effect of hydrofluoric acid treatment of the photoanode
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