Enhanced plasmon-driven photoelectrocatalytic methanol oxidation on Au decorated α-Fe2O3 nanotube arrays

Bang-Feng Zheng; Ting Ouyang; Zhu Wang; Jianyou Long; Yibo Chen; Zhao-Qing Liu

doi:10.1039/c8cc04199g

Enhanced plasmon-driven photoelectrocatalytic methanol oxidation on Au decorated α-Fe₂O₃ nanotube arrays

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Aug 23;54(69):9583-9586. doi: 10.1039/c8cc04199g.

Authors

Bang-Feng Zheng¹, Ting Ouyang, Zhu Wang, Jianyou Long, Yibo Chen, Zhao-Qing Liu

Affiliation

¹ School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Outer Ring Road No. 230, 510006, P. R. China. longjianyou@gzhu.edu.cn.

PMID: 29987293
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc04199g

Abstract

Highly ordered, porous α-Fe2O3/Au nanotube arrays (NTAs) were successfully synthesized through a facile approach. Benefitting from the plasmonic effect, and unique aligned and porous structural features, the α-Fe2O3/Au NTAs offer efficient and stable operation and exhibit a significantly enhanced catalytic activity for photoelectrochemical methanol oxidation with a faradaic efficiency of 79.23%.