Fabrication of TiO2 nanofibre photoelectrode for photoelectrochemical cells
Vol. 131 No. 1B (2022), Original Article
Vol. 131 No. 1B (2022)

Fabrication of TiO2 nanofibre photoelectrode for photoelectrochemical cells

Original Article
https://doi.org/10.26459/hueunijns.v131i1B.6412
Published 2022-06-30
Nguyen Van Nghia*
Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Quy Nhon University, 170 An Duong Vuong St., Quy Nhon City, Vietnam
Truong Ngoc Khoa Nguyen
Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Quy Nhon University, 170 An Duong Vuong St., Quy Nhon City, Vietnam
Hieu Nhat Hoang
Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Quy Nhon University, 170 An Duong Vuong St., Quy Nhon City, Vietnam
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Keywords

electrospinning
TiO2 nanofibres
PEC
photoanode

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Nghia NV, Truong NKN, Hoang HN. Fabrication of TiO2 nanofibre photoelectrode for photoelectrochemical cells. hueuni-jns [Internet]. 2022Jun.30 [cited 2024Nov.14];131(1B):59-65. Available from: http://222.255.146.83/index.php/hujos-ns/article/view/6412
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Abstract

The TiO2 nanofibres (NFs), prepared with the electrospinning method, acted as the photoanode in a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) for hydrogen generation. The fabrication parameters of Ti/PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) fibres were determined with the field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) method. The structure and morphology of the TiO2 fibres were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), FE-SEM, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM). The average diameter of the TiO2 fibre is 132 ± 16 nm. A three-electrode potentiostat was used to study the photoelectrochemical properties of the photoanode. The density photocurrent reached the saturation value of 80 mA·cm–2 at 0.2 V under the irradiation of a Xenon lamp.

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