Si/SiO2/Al2O3 Supported Growth of CNT Forest for the Production of La/ZnO/CNT Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Production of CNT Forest
2.2. Characterization of Samples
2.3. Production of La/ZnO/CNTs Photocatalyst
2.4. Hydrogen Evolution Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural Formation and Surface Morphology
3.2. Structural Purity and Weight Loss Analysis
3.3. Cyclic Voltammetry of Photocatalyst
3.4. Hydrogen Evolution
3.5. Photocatalytic Mechanism
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Irfan, M.; Shukrullah, S.; Naz, M.Y.; Ahmad, I.; Shoukat, B.; Legutko, S.; Petrů, J.; Rahman, S.; Alsaiari, M.A. Si/SiO2/Al2O3 Supported Growth of CNT Forest for the Production of La/ZnO/CNT Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production. Materials 2022, 15, 3226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093226
Irfan M, Shukrullah S, Naz MY, Ahmad I, Shoukat B, Legutko S, Petrů J, Rahman S, Alsaiari MA. Si/SiO2/Al2O3 Supported Growth of CNT Forest for the Production of La/ZnO/CNT Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production. Materials. 2022; 15(9):3226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093226
Chicago/Turabian StyleIrfan, Muhammad, Shazia Shukrullah, Muhammad Yasin Naz, Irshad Ahmad, Bilal Shoukat, Stanislaw Legutko, Jana Petrů, Saifur Rahman, and Mabkhoot A. Alsaiari. 2022. "Si/SiO2/Al2O3 Supported Growth of CNT Forest for the Production of La/ZnO/CNT Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production" Materials 15, no. 9: 3226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093226