Synthesis of Janus graphene for spatial separation of charges and reduction-oxidation reactions in colloidal photocatalysts
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Photocatalyst particles are attractive for many applications, but electron-hole recombination and surface back-reactions are major problems limiting their efficiency. These problems stem from short separation (~ nanometers) between reduction and oxidation (redox) sites in conventional systems. Here, we show that 2-dimensional Janus particles — Janus graphenes — can be used to spatially separate redox sites by large distances (~ micrometers) on opposite faces of conductive, atomically thin sheets. We used a silicon wafer and a polymer film to successively expose and protect alternate graphene oxide (GO) faces for asymmetric deposition of Pt and TiO2 nanocrystals, thus producing Janus graphene particles (Pt [vertical line] GO [vertical line] TiO2). We used electron microscopy of Janus graphene cross-sections to directly and conclusively show Pt and TiO2 particles on opposite faces of monolayer GO sheets. Spatial separation of redox sites in Pt [vertical line] GO [vertical line] TiO2 — dispersed in liquid — was demonstrated by photoinduced, reductive deposition of Pd onto reduction sites. Although future scale-up of the synthesis is necessary, Janus graphenes could be synthesized with many photocatalytic materials and may provide a general system for spatial separation of redox sites in photocatalyst particles.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Holm, Alexander |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Cargnello, Matteo |
| Primary advisor | Frank, C. W |
| Thesis advisor | Cargnello, Matteo |
| Thesis advisor | Frank, C. W |
| Thesis advisor | Bent, Stacey |
| Advisor | Bent, Stacey |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Alexander Holm. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Chemical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2017 by Erik Bjoern Alexander Holm
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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