Oriented 2.0.0 Cu2O nanoplatelets supported on few-layers graphene as efficient visible light photocatalyst for overall water splitting
Diego Mateo a, Ivan Esteve-Adell a, Josep Albero a, Ana Primo a, Hermenegildo Garcia a
a ITQ (UPV-CSIC)
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe September Meeting 2017 (NFM17)
SE3: 2D Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications
Barcelona, Spain, 2017 September 4th - 9th
Organizers: Hermenegildo García and Ana Primo
Invited Speaker, Josep Albero, presentation 038
Publication date: 20th June 2016

Cu2O nanoplatelets with preferential 2.0.0 facet orientation supported on few layers graphene (fl-G) were prepared as thin films in a single step by pyrolysis at 900 0C under inert atmosphere of the Cu2+-chitosan precursor.  Cu2O /fl-G films exhibit a photocatalytic activity for overall water splitting of 19.5 mmol/gCu+G·h. This value is about 4 orders of magnitude higher than the photocatalytic activity measured for unoriented Cu2O nanoparticles on few-layers graphene or than commercial Cu2O nanoparticles and about three orders of magnitude higher than the activity reported in the literature for Cu2O nanoparticles. In addition, Cu2O nanoparticles on few-layers graphene retain about 50 % of its photocatalytic activity after 6 days of continuous irradiation, exhibiting long-term H2 production. It is proposed that this activity and stability arises from the combination of preferential 2.0.0 facet orientation, strong Cu2O–graphene grafting and the role of graphene as cocatalyst.

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