| dc.contributor.author | Pawar, GS | |
| dc.contributor.author | Elikkottil, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seetha, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Reddy, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pesala, B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tahir, AA | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mallick, TK | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-04T09:49:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A plasmonic LaFeO3-Ag (LFO-Ag) photocathode was synthesised by incorporating Ag
nanoparticles to excite surface plasmon resonances (SPR) for enhanced light harvesting to
drive photoelectrochemical (PEC) hydrogen evolution. The Ag nanoparticles were modelled
using finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations and the results show an optimal
dimension of 50-80 nm for SPR enhancement. Nanostructured LFO films were prepared by a
novel and inexpensive spray pyrolysis method and the Ag nanoparticles were dispersed
uniformly on to the films by simple spin coating method. The LFO-Ag photocathode
exhibited strong light absorption capability and high current density, twice that than of its
untreated counterpart. This subsequently led to enhanced PEC hydrogen evolution, doubling
the volume of hydrogen generated compared to untreated LFO. The enhancement is ascribed
to the strong SPR effect and the synergy between the Ag nanoparticles and nanostructured
LFO photocathode. | en_GB |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We acknowledge UKIERI-DST2016-17-0089 project and Engineering and Physical
Science Research Council, UK (EPSRC) under the research grant EP/R512801/1 for
financial support. A.E. and S.S. would like to thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) for the award of Senior Research Fellowship. NSG Pilkington Glass Ltd. is
acknowledged for kindly providing the FTO substrates for this work. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 1 (7), pp 3449–3456 | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acsaem.8b00628 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33359 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | en_GB |
| dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 15 June 2019 in compliance with publisher policy. | en_GB |
| dc.rights | © 2018 American Chemical Society | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Hydrogen evolution | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Photoelectrochemical (PEC) | en_GB |
| dc.subject | water splitting | en_GB |
| dc.subject | surface plasmon resonance (SPR) | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Ag nanoparticles | en_GB |
| dc.subject | LaFeO3 | en_GB |
| dc.subject | photocathode | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) | en_GB |
| dc.title | Enhanced photoactivity and hydrogen generation of LaFeO 3 photocathode by plasmonic silver nanoparticle incorporation | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2574-0962 | |
| dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from ACS via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | ACS Applied Energy Materials | en_GB |
