Abstract
We report the fabrication of screw-like SnO2 nanostructure and its application as photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting. The structure was formed by growing thread-like SnO2 nanosheets onto rod-like single-crystalline SnO2 nanowires. Such a structure offers an efficient light absorption, high speed electron transport and a large surface-to-volume ratio. The light absorption efficiency of the screw-like SnO2 nanostructures can be increased by up to 33% than that of the pristine SnO2 nanowires. After decorated with CdS quantum dots, the photocurrent density can reach 9.9mAcm−2 at 0V (versus saturated calomel electrode) which corresponding to a hydrogen generation of 159.6μmol (hcm2)−1 and the faradic efficiency is around 86%. The result demonstrated that the water-splitting efficiency of photoelectrochemical cell has been significantly improved by using such a screw-like structure. Our work provides an efficient solution to improve the water-splitting performance and it can also be a model structure for similar electrode materials.
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