TY - JOUR
T1 - Template-less surfactant-free hydrothermal synthesis NiO nanoflowers and their photoelectrochemical hydrogen production
AU - Qurashi, Ahsanulhaq
AU - Zhang, Zhongai
AU - Asif, M.
AU - Yamazaki, Toshinari
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - A facile direct surfactant-free template-less hydrothermal method is employed for the growth of high surface-area NiO nanoflowers made up of complex and assembled nanosheets network.Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed that each nanosheet is about 50-60nm thick. Detailed structural analysis reveals single-crystalline nature of NiO nanoflowers with cubic crystal structure. The optical absorption bands in the wavelength range of 350-800nm illustrated in terms of ligand field theory. The photoelectrochemical (PEC), water splitting performance on the NiO nanoflowers were also investigated. © 2015 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC.
AB - A facile direct surfactant-free template-less hydrothermal method is employed for the growth of high surface-area NiO nanoflowers made up of complex and assembled nanosheets network.Field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed that each nanosheet is about 50-60nm thick. Detailed structural analysis reveals single-crystalline nature of NiO nanoflowers with cubic crystal structure. The optical absorption bands in the wavelength range of 350-800nm illustrated in terms of ligand field theory. The photoelectrochemical (PEC), water splitting performance on the NiO nanoflowers were also investigated. © 2015 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/594069
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360319915019175
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947865094&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.07.114
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.07.114
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 40
SP - 15801
EP - 15805
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 45
ER -
