Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting
High dependency of fossil fuels to maintain human lifestyle cause serious environmental issues to our world, such as global warming due to Green House gases etc. Usage of fossil fuels cause large emissions of CO2, with the rapid growth of CO2 at past years, Green House effect is getting worse. Sc...
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| author | Chong, Shi Min |
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| description | High dependency of fossil fuels to maintain human lifestyle cause serious environmental issues to our world, such as global warming due to Green House gases etc. Usage of fossil fuels cause large emissions of CO2, with the rapid growth of CO2 at past years, Green House effect is getting worse.
Scientists are exploring clean and renewable energy source to replace large usage of fossil fuels, which the most promising one, solar energy. Solar energy can be stored in a chemical form, such as Hydrogen fuel. As Hydrogen is one of the most abundant element on the earth, it could be a potential source of energy carrier for clean energy. Photocatalytic water splitting is highly favourable method to produce hydrogen as it doesn’t leave any carbon foot print.
Hematite stands out as a promising material for water splitting as it meets most of the basic requirements. However, there are some limitations that hinder its potential, such as poor electroconductivity and short diffusion length.
This study aims to enhance hematite photoanode properties by introduction of dopants and thermal annealing. The properties and morphological structure of the samples are studied by using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) & X-ray Diffraction (XRD).
The results of water splitting points out that doping significantly enhance photocurrent of the nanostructured hematite photoanode as it helps to increase the electroconductivity. Further annealing treatment of hematite samples in inert gas also show increment of photocurrent of the samples. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/737862023-03-04T15:37:54Z Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting Chong, Shi Min Chen Zhong School of Materials Science and Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Materials High dependency of fossil fuels to maintain human lifestyle cause serious environmental issues to our world, such as global warming due to Green House gases etc. Usage of fossil fuels cause large emissions of CO2, with the rapid growth of CO2 at past years, Green House effect is getting worse. Scientists are exploring clean and renewable energy source to replace large usage of fossil fuels, which the most promising one, solar energy. Solar energy can be stored in a chemical form, such as Hydrogen fuel. As Hydrogen is one of the most abundant element on the earth, it could be a potential source of energy carrier for clean energy. Photocatalytic water splitting is highly favourable method to produce hydrogen as it doesn’t leave any carbon foot print. Hematite stands out as a promising material for water splitting as it meets most of the basic requirements. However, there are some limitations that hinder its potential, such as poor electroconductivity and short diffusion length. This study aims to enhance hematite photoanode properties by introduction of dopants and thermal annealing. The properties and morphological structure of the samples are studied by using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) & X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The results of water splitting points out that doping significantly enhance photocurrent of the nanostructured hematite photoanode as it helps to increase the electroconductivity. Further annealing treatment of hematite samples in inert gas also show increment of photocurrent of the samples. Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Engineering) 2018-04-11T05:36:40Z 2018-04-11T05:36:40Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73786 en Nanyang Technological University 36 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Chong, Shi Min Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| title | Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| title_full | Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| title_fullStr | Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| title_short | Preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| title_sort | preparation of nanostructured hematite film by electrodeposition for water spliting |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Materials |
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