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Polydopamine nanolayer assisted internal photo-deposition of CdS nanocrystals for stable cosensitized photoanode

Show Author's Information Na Li1,  Lu Han1( ),  Hainan Zhang1,  Juntong Huang2,  Xudong Luo1,  Xibao Li2( ),  Yuanhao Wang3( ),  Weiqi Qian4,  Ya Yang4( )
School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
SUSTech Engineering Innovation Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
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polydopamine, TiO2 nanotube arrays, photoelectrocatalysis photocorrosion
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Li N, Han L, Zhang H, et al. Polydopamine nanolayer assisted internal photo-deposition of CdS nanocrystals for stable cosensitized photoanode. Nano Research, 2022, 15(10): 8836-8845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4588-8
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Hydrogen evolution via photo-electro-chemical (PEC) co-catalysis is potential for solving energy crisis and environmental issues. The rapidly advances of fabrication and broad applications of polydopamine (PDA) and its derivatives have drawn intense attentions in recent years. Herein, an ultrathin PDA coating with nanometer accuracy was conformally grown on TiO2 nanotube arrays (NTAs) via electrochemical polymerization, in which the polymer provided a platform for further photoinduced assembly of CdS nanocrystals in the embedded mode. The optimized CdS@PDA/TiO2 NTAs hierarchical heterostructure as photoanode gave an excellent PEC performance and exhibited outstanding stability under light irradiation. The photocurrent density was heightened to 5.48 mA·cm–2, which was beneficial to H2 evolution with a rate of 20 μmol·h–1·cm–2. The improvement of PEC activity was ascribed to co-photosensitization, optimized carriers transfer, and transport route arised from CdS embedding, resulting to provide a persistent driving force for charge separation based on secure heterojunction of CdS/TiO2 glued by PDA. The improvement of PEC stability was due to the inhibition of CdS photocorrosion covered by PDA shelter. This advance boded well for the development of PEC field founded on multifunctional PDA.


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Polydopamine nanolayer assisted internal photo-deposition of CdS nanocrystals for stable cosensitized photoanode

Show Author's information Na Li1, Lu Han1( ), Hainan Zhang1, Juntong Huang2, Xudong Luo1, Xibao Li2( ), Yuanhao Wang3( ), Weiqi Qian4, Ya Yang4( )
School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
SUSTech Engineering Innovation Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and Sensor, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China

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Hydrogen evolution via photo-electro-chemical (PEC) co-catalysis is potential for solving energy crisis and environmental issues. The rapidly advances of fabrication and broad applications of polydopamine (PDA) and its derivatives have drawn intense attentions in recent years. Herein, an ultrathin PDA coating with nanometer accuracy was conformally grown on TiO2 nanotube arrays (NTAs) via electrochemical polymerization, in which the polymer provided a platform for further photoinduced assembly of CdS nanocrystals in the embedded mode. The optimized CdS@PDA/TiO2 NTAs hierarchical heterostructure as photoanode gave an excellent PEC performance and exhibited outstanding stability under light irradiation. The photocurrent density was heightened to 5.48 mA·cm–2, which was beneficial to H2 evolution with a rate of 20 μmol·h–1·cm–2. The improvement of PEC activity was ascribed to co-photosensitization, optimized carriers transfer, and transport route arised from CdS embedding, resulting to provide a persistent driving force for charge separation based on secure heterojunction of CdS/TiO2 glued by PDA. The improvement of PEC stability was due to the inhibition of CdS photocorrosion covered by PDA shelter. This advance boded well for the development of PEC field founded on multifunctional PDA.

Keywords: polydopamine, TiO2 nanotube arrays, photoelectrocatalysis photocorrosion

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Received: 07 April 2022
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Accepted: 25 May 2022
Published: 06 July 2022
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1908227, 52072041, and 51962023), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. JQ21007), and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. Y8540XX2D2).

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