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Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution driven by platinated CdS nanorods with a hexacyanidoruthenate redox mediator
| Title: | Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution driven by platinated CdS nanorods with a hexacyanidoruthenate redox mediator |
| Authors: | Kitano, Hirotsugu Browse this author | | Kobayashi, Atsushi Browse this author | | Yoshida, Masaki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Kato, Masako Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Issue Date: | 1-Dec-2018 |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Journal Title: | Sustainable energy & fuels |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Start Page: | 2609 |
| End Page: | 2615 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1039/c8se00201k |
| Abstract: | We have investigated the effect of hexacyanidometallate [M(CN)(6)](4-) (M = Fe or Ru) redox mediators on the photocatalytic H-2 evolution reaction driven by Pt-cocatalyst-loaded cadmium sulfide nanorods (Pt/CdS-NR). A larger amount of H-2 evolved under blue LED light irradiation ( = 470 +/- 10 nm) in the presence of [Ru(CN)(6)](4-) than in the presence of [Fe(CN)(6)](4-), despite the more positive M(iii)/M(ii) redox potential of [Ru(CN)(6)](4-) (0.89 V vs. NHE) than [Fe(CN)(6)](4-) (0.36 V vs. NHE). PXRD and IR spectral experiments during the photocatalytic H-2 evolution reaction clearly indicate that the Prussian white analogue K-2[CdRu(CN)(6)] (CdRu-PW) was increasingly formed, producing a white precipitate, whereas only a trace amount of K-2[CdFe(CN)(6)] (CdFe-PW) was formed in the reaction with [Fe(CN)(6)](4-). The amount of CdRu-PW produced during the photocatalytic H-2 evolution reaction revealed that the electron source of H-2 evolution is gradually changed from the S2- anions generated following the photocorrosion of CdS to [Ru(CN)(6)](4-) because of effective hole transfer through the Ru(iii)/Ru(ii) redox step in the CdRu-PW (1.42 V vs. NHE) deposited on the CdS-NR surface. The colourless feature and more positive Ru(iii)/Ru(ii) redox potential of CdRu-PW than that of water oxidation suggest that CdRu-PW is a promising hole mediator for solar water splitting. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/76220 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 小林 厚志
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