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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2013-03-20

Journal:JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、PubMed、ESI高被引论文、Scopus

Volume:135

Issue:11

Page Number:4219-4222

ISSN No.:0002-7863

Abstract:A molecular water oxidation catalyst (2) has been synthesized and immobilized together with a molecular photosensitizer (1) on nanostructured TiO2 particles on FTO conducting glass, forming a photoactive anode (TiO2(1+2)). By using the TiO2(1+2) as working electrode in a three-electrode photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), visible light driven water splitting has been successfully demonstrated in a phosphate buffer solution (pH 6.8), with oxygen and hydrogen bubbles evolved respectively from the working electrode and counter electrode. By applying 0.2 V external bias vs NHE, a high photocurrent density of more than 1.7 rnA.cm(-2) has been achieved. This value is higher than any PEC devices with molecular components reported in literature.