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In Situ Fabrication of 1D WO3 Nanorod/2D ZnWO4 Nanosheet Heterojunction for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance

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The 1D WO3 nanorod/2D ZnWO4 nanosheet heterojunction arrays were successfully fabricated by combining a facile hydrothermal and in situ solvothermal growth reaction. The structure and morphology of the pristine WO3 and WO3/ZnWO4 heterojunction arrays were characterized by XRD, FESEM, TEM and HRTEM while the chemical composition and surface properties were characterized by XPS. The 2D ZnWO4 nanosheets were uniformly grown on the surface of the 1D WO3 nanorods which resulted in a large active surface area. The charge carriers separation can be improved because of the energy band structure match between WO3 and ZnWO4, which will more efficiently enhance the photoelectrochemical performance. The photocurrent densities of the WO3/ZnWO4 heterojunction photoanode reached to 2.53 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V versus RHE, nearly 1.6 times of the pristine WO3 photoanode under visible light illumination.

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This work has been financially supported by the Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, People’s Republic of China

    Jingjing Li, Chenpeng Guo, Lihua Li, Yongjun Gu, Kim BoK-Hee & Jinliang Huang

  2. Provincial and Ministerial Co-Construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-Ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Luoyang, 471023, People’s Republic of China

    Lihua Li & Jinliang Huang

  3. Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonbuk, 561-756, South Korea

    Kim BoK-Hee

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Li, J., Guo, C., Li, L. et al. In Situ Fabrication of 1D WO3 Nanorod/2D ZnWO4 Nanosheet Heterojunction for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance. Catal Lett 152, 1611–1620 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03756-9

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