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Photoelectrochemical Enhancement of $Graphene@WS_{2}$ Nanosheets for Water Splitting Reaction
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Nasr, Mahmoud Benhamou, Lamyae Kotbi, Ahmed Rajput, Nitul S. Campos, Andrea Lahmar, Abdel-Ilah Hoummada, Khalid Kaja, Khaled Marssi, Mimoun El Jouiad, Mustapha |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Tungsten disulfide nanosheets were successfully prepared by one-step chemical vapor deposition using tungsten oxide and thiourea in an inert gas environment. The size of the obtained nanosheets was subsequently reduced down to below 20 nm in width and 150 nm in length using high-energy ball milling, followed by 0.5 and 1 wt% graphene loading. The corresponding vibrational and structural characterizations are consistent with the fabrication of a pure $WS_{2}$ structure for neat sampling and the presence of the graphene characteristic vibration modes in $graphene@WS_{2}$ compounds. Additional morphological and crystal structures were examined and confirmed by high-resolution electron microscopy. Subsequently, the investigations of the optical properties evidenced the high optical absorption (98%) and lower band gap (1.75 eV) for the $graphene@WS_{2}$ compared to the other samples, with good band-edge alignment to water-splitting reaction. In addition, the photoelectrochemical measurements revealed that the $graphene@WS_{2}$ (1 wt%) exhibits an excellent photocurrent density (95 $μA/cm^{2}$ at 1.23 V bias) compared with RHE and higher applied bias potential efficiency under standard simulated solar illumination AM1.5G. Precisely, $graphene@WS_{2}$ (1 wt%) exhibits 3.3 times higher performance compared to pristine $WS_{2}$ and higher charge transfer ability, as measured by electrical impedance spectroscopy, suggesting its potential use as an efficient photoanode for hydrogen evolution reaction. |
| Starting Page | 1914 |
| e-ISSN | 20794991 |
| DOI | 10.3390/nano12111914 |
| Journal | Nanomaterials |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-06-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nanomaterials Spectroscopy Ws2 Nanosheets Graphene@ws2 Photochemical Measurements Water Splitting Reversible Hydrogen Electrode (rhe) Photoanode |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
