Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 34, Issue 8, 797(2019)
MoSe2 was deposited by electrochemical reduction method on TiO2 nanotube arrays which were prepared by anodic oxidation in ethylene glycol electrolyte, in which sodium molybdate and seleninic acid were used as raw materials. The composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope, and I-V plot and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were measured by electrochemical workstation. The results show that a p-n heterojunction is formed between molybdenum diselenide and titanium dioxide, which can reduce the combination of photo-generated electron-hole pairs and charge transfer resistance, and can increase its carrier concentration and light response current density. The composite deposited at -0.5 V in the electrolyte containg 2 mmol/L seleninic acid for 30 s exhibits optimum photo-electrochemical performance after 300 ℃ heat treatment, with a high photocurrent density of 1.17 mA/cm 2 without bias, which is approximately three times higher than that of blank sample. And the charge transfer resistance decreased from 331.6 Ω/cm 2 to 283.9 Ω/cm 2. Selenide molybdenum agglomerates seriously to block the TiO2 nanotube once heat treatment over 330 ℃, resulting in a lower performance.
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Ya-Ping ZHANG, Wen-Ming DING, Hai-Feng ZHU, Cheng-Xing HUANG, Lian-Qing YU, Yong-Qiang WANG, Zhe LI, Fei XU.
Category: RESEARCH PAPER
Received: Sep. 27, 2018
Accepted: --
Published Online: Sep. 26, 2021
The Author Email: YU Lian-Qing (iyy2000@163.com)