Naeem, Rabia and Shakir, Sehar and Sharif, Shahzad and Afzal, Saba and Bashir, Shahid and Mansoor, Muhammad Adil (2024) The photoelectrochemically enhanced oxygen evolution reaction via thin films of novel (1:2:1) SnO-Mn2O3-TiO2 hybrid nanotubes. Surfaces and Interfaces, 46. p. 104034. ISSN 2468-0230, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104034.
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The oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions play a significant role in overall water splitting. The photoelectrochemical water splitting offers a high potential for conversion efficiency at low voltage and temperature. Therefore, in the present work comparative studies of novel (1:2:1)) SnO-Mn2O3-TiO2 (SMT) ternary and SnOMn2O3 (SM), SnO-TiO2 (ST) and Mn2O3-TiO2 (MT) binary mixed-metal oxides thin films for hydrogen generation are performed. method. The Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (AACVD) fabricated thin films were analyzed through X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron microscopy (XPS) and UV-visible spectroscopy to determine the crystallinity, surface morphology, binding energy, and band gaps. The Photoelectrochemical studies demonstrate that the SnO-Mn2O3-TiO2 (SMT) thin film yields 1.96, 2.37, and 2.7 times maximum current density than the binary SnO-Mn2O3 (SM), SnO-TiO2 (ST) and Mn2O3-TiO2 (MT) metal oxides, respectively. These results illustrate that due to unique topography, uniform distribution, and good optoelectronic properties of ternary SnO-Mn2O3-TiO2 (SMT) nanotubular layers show better light-harvesting performance as compared to the binary (SM, ST, and MT) metal oxides. Therefore, it is believed that SMT is a promising candidate for energy harvesting applications.
Item Type: | Article |
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Funders: | HEC (Pakistan), NRPU (17618/ NRPU/RGM/RD/HEC/2021) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mixed metal oxides; Optical band gap; Linear sweep voltammetry; Synergistic effect; Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) |
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry |
Divisions: | Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre |
Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2024 08:52 |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2024 08:52 |
URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/45638 |
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