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Valentini F, Sabuzi F, Forchetta M, Conte V, Galloni P. KuQuinones: a ten years tale of the new pentacyclic quinoid compound. RSC Adv 2023; 13:9065-9077. [PMID: 36950082 PMCID: PMC10025941 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00539a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Quinones are widespread in nature, as they participate, mainly as redox mediators, in several biochemical processes. Up to now, various synthetic quinones have been recommended in the literature as leading molecules in energy, biomedical and catalytic fields. In this brief review, we retraced our research activity in the last ten years, mainly dedicated to the study of a new class of peculiar pentacyclic conjugated quinoid compounds, synthesized in our group. In particular, their application as sensitive materials in photoelectrochemical devices and in biosensors, as photocatalysts in selective oxidation reactions, and their anticancer activity is here reviewed.
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- Francesca Valentini
- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata via della ricerca scientifica snc 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata via della ricerca scientifica snc 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata via della ricerca scientifica snc 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata via della ricerca scientifica snc 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata via della ricerca scientifica snc 00133 Rome Italy
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A theoretical and experimental approach to the optical response and the electronic structure of Hg1+ and Hg2+ nitroprussides. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ahmad AA, Ulusoy Ghobadi TG, Buyuktemiz M, Ozbay E, Dede Y, Karadas F. Light-Driven Water Oxidation with Ligand-Engineered Prussian Blue Analogues. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:3931-3941. [PMID: 35200012 PMCID: PMC8905577 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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elucidation of the ideal coordination environment
of a catalytic site has been at the heart of catalytic
applications. Herein, we show that the water oxidation
activities of catalytic cobalt sites in a Prussian blue
(PB) structure could be tuned systematically by
decorating its coordination sphere with a combination of cyanide
and bidentate pyridyl groups. K0.1[Co(bpy)]2.9[Fe(CN)6]2 ([Cobpy–Fe]), K0.2[Co(phen)]2.8[Fe(CN)6]2 ([Cophen–Fe]), {[Co(bpy)2]3[Fe(CN)6]2}[Fe(CN)6]1/3 ([Cobpy2–Fe]), and {[Co(phen)2]3[Fe(CN)6]2}[Fe(CN)6]1/3 Cl0.11 ([Cophen2–Fe]) were prepared by introducing bidentate pyridyl groups (phen:
1,10-phenanthroline, bpy: 2,2′-bipyridine) to the common synthetic
protocol of Co–Fe Prussian blue analogues. Characterization
studies indicate that [Cobpy2–Fe] and [Cophen2–Fe] adopt a pentanuclear molecular structure, while [Cobpy–Fe] and [Cophen–Fe] could be described as cyanide-based
coordination polymers with lower-dimensionality and less crystalline
nature compared to the regular Co–Fe Prussian blue analogue
(PBA), K0.1Co2.9[Fe(CN)6]2 ([Co–Fe]). Photocatalytic studies reveal that
the activities of [Cobpy–Fe] and [Cophen–Fe] are significantly enhanced compared to those of [Co–Fe], while molecular [Cobpy2–Fe] and [Cophen2–Fe] are inactive toward water oxidation. [Cobpy–Fe] and [Cophen–Fe] exhibit upper-bound turnover
frequencies (TOFs) of 1.3 and 0.7 s–1, respectively,
which are ∼50 times higher than that of [Co–Fe] (1.8 × 10–2 s–1). The complete
inactivity of [Cobpy2–Fe] and [Cophen2–Fe] confirms the critical role of aqua coordination to the catalytic
cobalt sites for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Computational
studies show that bidentate pyridyl groups enhance the susceptibility
of the rate-determining Co(IV)-oxo species to the nucleophilic water
attack during the critical O–O bond formation. This study opens
a new route toward increasing the intrinsic water oxidation activity
of the catalytic sites in PB coordination polymers. Bidentate pyridyl groups are coordinated
to the catalytic
cobalt sites in a cyanide-based Co−Fe structure to afford well-tuned
extended network structures, which exhibit an outstanding photocatalytic
performance compared to the regular Co−Fe PBA.
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- Aliyu A Ahmad
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gazi University Teknikokullar, 06500 Ankara, Turkey
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- NANOTAM─Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gazi University Teknikokullar, 06500 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.,UNAM─National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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Ghobadi TGU, Ghobadi A, Demirtas M, Buyuktemiz M, Ozvural KN, Yildiz EA, Erdem E, Yaglioglu HG, Durgun E, Dede Y, Ozbay E, Karadas F. Building an Iron Chromophore Incorporating Prussian Blue Analogue for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Chemistry 2021; 27:8966-8976. [PMID: 33929068 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The replacement of traditional ruthenium-based photosensitizers with low-cost and abundant iron analogs is a key step for the advancement of scalable and sustainable dye-sensitized water splitting cells. In this proof-of-concept study, a pyridinium ligand coordinated pentacyanoferrate(II) chromophore is used to construct a cyanide-based CoFe extended bulk framework, in which the iron photosensitizer units are connected to cobalt water oxidation catalytic sites through cyanide linkers. The iron-sensitized photoanode exhibits exceptional stability for at least 5 h at pH 7 and features its photosensitizing ability with an incident photon-to-current conversion capacity up to 500 nm with nanosecond scale excited state lifetime. Ultrafast transient absorption and computational studies reveal that iron and cobalt sites mutually support each other for charge separation via short bridging cyanide groups and for injection to the semiconductor in our proof-of-concept photoelectrochemical device. The reorganization of the excited states due to the mixing of electronic states of metal-based orbitals subsequently tailor the electron transfer cascade during the photoelectrochemical process. This breakthrough in chromophore-catalyst assemblies will spark interest in dye-sensitization with robust bulk systems for photoconversion applications.
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- T Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and NANOTAM - Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gazi University Teknikokullar, 06500, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gazi University Teknikokullar, 06500, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and NANOTAM - Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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Ulusoy Ghobadi TG, Ozbay E, Karadas F. How to Build Prussian Blue Based Water Oxidation Catalytic Assemblies: Common Trends and Strategies. Chemistry 2021; 27:3638-3649. [PMID: 33197292 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Prussian blue (PB) and its analogues (PBAs) have at least a three-century-long history in coordination chemistry. Recently, cobalt-based PBAs have been acknowledged as efficient and robust water oxidation catalysts. Given the flexibility in their synthesis, the structure and morphology of cobalt-based PBAs have been modified for enhanced catalytic activity under electrochemical (EC), photocatalytic (PC), and photoelectrochemical (PEC) conditions. Here, in this review, the work on cobalt-based PBAs is presented in four sections: i) electrocatalytic water oxidation with bare PBAs, ii) photocatalytic processes in the presence of a photosensitizer (PS), iii) photoelectrochemical water oxidation by coupling PBAs to proper semiconductors (SCs), and iv) the utilization of PBA-PS assemblies coated on SCs for the dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical water oxidation. This review will guide readers through the structure and catalytic activity relationship in cobalt-based PBAs by describing the role of each structural component. Furthermore, this review aims to provide insight into common strategies to enhance the catalytic activity of PBAs.
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- T Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey.,Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
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Akbari SS, Karadas F. Precious Metal-Free Photocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Layered Double Hydroxide-Prussian Blue Analogue Hybrid Assembly. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:679-685. [PMID: 33159387 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The development of earth-abundant photocatalytic assemblies has been one of the bottlenecks for the advancement of scalable water splitting cells. In this study, a ZnCr layered double hydroxide and a CoFe Prussian blue analogue are combined to afford an earth-abundant photocatalytic assembly involving a visible light-absorbing semiconductor (SC) and a water oxidation catalyst (WOC). Compared to bare ZnCr-LDH, the SC-WOC hybrid assembly exhibits a threefold enhancement in photocatalytic activity, which is maintained for 6 h under photocatalytic conditions at pH 7. The band energy diagram was extracted from optical and electrochemical studies to elucidate the origin of the enhanced photocatalytic performance. This study marks a straightforward pathway to develop low-cost and precious metal-free assemblies for visible light-driven water oxidation.
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- Sina Sadigh Akbari
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- UNAM - National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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Lu M, Zhang M, Liu C, Liu J, Shang L, Wang M, Chang J, Li S, Lan Y. Stable Dioxin‐Linked Metallophthalocyanine Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) as Photo‐Coupled Electrocatalysts for CO
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Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:4864-4871. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Meng Lu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry South China Normal University Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Beihua University Jilin City 132013 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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Lu M, Zhang M, Liu C, Liu J, Shang L, Wang M, Chang J, Li S, Lan Y. Stable Dioxin‐Linked Metallophthalocyanine Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) as Photo‐Coupled Electrocatalysts for CO
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Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Meng Lu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry South China Normal University Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Beihua University Jilin City 132013 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University No. 1, Wenyuan Road Nanjing 210023 China
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Ghobadi TGU, Ghobadi A, Soydan MC, Vishlaghi MB, Kaya S, Karadas F, Ozbay E. Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Au Plasmonic Nanoantennas Coupled with Prussian Blue Catalyst on BiVO 4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:2577-2588. [PMID: 32157799 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
A facial and large-scale compatible fabrication route is established, affording a high-performance heterogeneous plasmonic-based photoelectrode for water oxidation that incorporates a CoFe-Prussian blue analog (PBA) structure as the water oxidation catalytic center. For this purpose, an angled deposition of gold (Au) was used to selectively coat the tips of the bismuth vanadate (BiVO4 ) nanostructures, yielding Au-capped BiVO4 (Au-BiVO4 ). The formation of multiple size/dimension Au capping islands provides strong light-matter interactions at nanoscale dimensions. These plasmonic particles not only enhance light absorption in the bulk BiVO4 (through the excitation of Fabry-Perot (FP) modes) but also contribute to photocurrent generation through the injection of sub-band-gap hot electrons. To substantiate the activity of the photoanodes, the interfacial electron dynamics are significantly improved by using a PBA water oxidation catalyst (WOC) resulting in an Au-BiVO4 /PBA assembly. At 1.23 V (vs. RHE), the photocurrent value for a bare BiVO4 photoanode was obtained as 190 μA cm-2 , whereas it was boosted to 295 μA cm-2 and 1800 μA cm-2 for Au-BiVO4 and Au-BiVO4 /PBA, respectively. Our results suggest that this simple and facial synthetic approach paves the way for plasmonic-based solar water splitting, in which a variety of common metals and semiconductors can be employed in conjunction with catalyst designs.
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- T Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 6800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Chemistry Department, Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
- TUPRAS Energy Center (KUTEM), Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Chemistry Department, Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
- TUPRAS Energy Center (KUTEM), Koc University, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 6800, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 6800, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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