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A Green and Facile Synthesis of Carbon-Incorporated Co3O4 Nanoparticles and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution
Joint Authors
Zhang, Qiang
Xu, Hongyan
Gao, Libo
Diwu, Jiangtao
Chou, Xiujian
Tang, Jun
Xue, Chenyang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Carbon-incorporated Co3O4 nanoparticles with an average diameter of 50 nm were prepared via a facile and environmentally friendly one-pot carbon-assisted method using degreasing cotton as a template as well as a reactant.
The elemental analysis indicates the incorporation of carbon species into the Co3O4 nanoparticles and the XPS measurements demonstrate the presence of carbon species which comes from the incomplete combustion of the degreasing cotton.
Interestingly, the resultant sample was able to split pure water into hydrogen under visible light irradiation without any cocatalyst, which is mainly due to the enhanced light absorption behavior confirmed by the UV-Vis absorption spectra.
This facile method provided a potential strategy for applying narrow bandgap semiconductors in pure water splitting.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gao, Libo& Diwu, Jiangtao& Zhang, Qiang& Xu, Hongyan& Chou, Xiujian& Tang, Jun…[et al.]. 2015. A Green and Facile Synthesis of Carbon-Incorporated Co3O4 Nanoparticles and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of Nanomaterials،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069183
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gao, Libo…[et al.]. A Green and Facile Synthesis of Carbon-Incorporated Co3O4 Nanoparticles and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of Nanomaterials No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069183
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gao, Libo& Diwu, Jiangtao& Zhang, Qiang& Xu, Hongyan& Chou, Xiujian& Tang, Jun…[et al.]. A Green and Facile Synthesis of Carbon-Incorporated Co3O4 Nanoparticles and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069183
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1069183