Chemical communications | 2019
Synthesis of Ag2O decorated hierarchical TiO2 templated by double comb copolymers for efficient solar water splitting.
Abstract
Synthesis of Ag2O decorated hierarchical TiO2 was realised in this study by employing a facile hydrothermal method, which involved the use of a double comb copolymer templated sol-gel and a chemical bath. The synthesized Ag2O@HNR demonstrated a photocurrent density of 1.78 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V against RHE under an illumination of 1 sun. This observed value of photocurrent density exceeded that of TiO2 nanorods by 2.18 times.