Controlled design of PtPd nanodendrite ornamented niobium oxynitride nanosheets for solar-driven water splitting

Yahia H. Ahmad; Kamel Eid; Khaled A. Mahmoud; Siham Y. Al-Qaradawi

doi:10.1039/c8nj03411g

Controlled design of PtPd nanodendrite ornamented niobium oxynitride nanosheets for solar-driven water splitting

Yahia H. Ahmad, Kamel Eid, Khaled A. Mahmoud, Siham Y. Al-Qaradawi^*

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QEERI - Environment & Sustainability Center

Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences

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Developing efficient photocatalysts for the water splitting reaction is crucial in a fuel cell reaction. Herein, we present a facile road-map for one-pot fabrication of PtPd nanodendrite (ND) ornamented niobium oxynitride nanosheets (PtPd/NbON) for solar-driven water splitting. This was achieved by annealing Nb₂O₅ under NH₃ to form NbON nanosheets which were subsequently used as starting seeds for the simultaneous growth and self-assembly of PtPd NDs with the assistance of Pluronic F127. The water oxidation performance of PtPd/NbON was substantially superior to those of NbON and Nb₂O₅. This is ascribed to the combination of NbON with its great visible-light-harvesting properties and narrow band gap and the unique catalytic merits of PtPd NDs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14239-14245
Number of pages	7
Journal	New Journal of Chemistry
Volume	42
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nj03411g
Publication status	Published - 2018

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