Progress in graphene-based semiconductor photoelectrodes

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  • College of Chemical Engineering,Hebei Key Laboratory for Environment Photocatalytic and Eletrocat-alytic Materials,North China University of Science and Technology,Tangshan 063210

Received date: 2019-11-03

  Revised date: 2020-11-04

  Online published: 2021-03-03

Abstract

As a new 2D nanomaterial,graphene has been widely concerned due to its excellent charge transport capability,large specific surface area,high visible light transmittance,flexible structure and chemical stability.The combination of graphene and semiconductor materials can effectively improve the optical properties,charge separation efficiency and photocatalytic performance of semiconductors,which has become one of the research hotspots of new photoelectrocatalytic electrode materials.Achievements of graphene in photoelectrocatalysis were reviewed,including the preparation of graphene-based photoelectrodes,and their application in degradation of organic pollutans,decomposition of water to hydrogen and CO2 reduction.The problems and prospects of graphene-based semiconductors in photoelectrocatalysis were also discussed.

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Wang Huan, Li Pengyan, Lu Jinrong, An Weijia . Progress in graphene-based semiconductor photoelectrodes[J]. New Chemical Materials, 2021 , 49(2) : 24 -27 . DOI: 10.19817/j.cnki.issn 1006-3536.2021.02.006

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