Publication detail

All-printed planar photoelectrochemical cells with digitated cathodes for the oxidation of diluted aqueous pollutants

DZIK, P. VESELÝ, M. PACHOVSKÁ, M. NEUMANN-SPALLART, M.

Original Title

All-printed planar photoelectrochemical cells with digitated cathodes for the oxidation of diluted aqueous pollutants

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

A novel outline of a planar photoelectrochemical cell consisting of a semiconductor layer topped by subsequent layers of a digitated insulator and counter electrode is introduced. The use of vertically separated electrodes represents a major development in reducing the footprint (inactive areas) of planar electrochemical cells. The cells, consisting of a nanoparticular titania photoanode and a digitated, metallic cathode, were fabricated by a strictly additive process employing material printing as the exclusive deposition and patterning tool. Transparent conductive oxide-coated glass and polyethyleneterepthalate sheets were used as substrates; nanocrystalline titania dispersion bonded by a novel organosilica binder was used for the fabrication of the photoanode and gold or carbon inks for the fabrication of the digitated cathodes. Due to the digitated shaping of the cathode, photoelectrochemical response was not suffering from iR drop down to low electrolyte ionic strengths. The printed cells were used for electroassisted photocatalytic degradation experiments with aqueous solutions of coumarin. Considerable acceleration of the coumarin degradation rate compared to the plain photocatalytic mode was observed.

Keywords

Photoelectrocatalysis Advanced oxidation process Material printing Ink-jet Electrochemistry Water treatment Titania

Authors

DZIK, P.; VESELÝ, M.; PACHOVSKÁ, M.; NEUMANN-SPALLART, M.

Released

1. 5. 2017

Publisher

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Location

Germany

ISBN

0944-1344

Periodical

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Year of study

24

Number

14

State

Federal Republic of Germany

Pages from

12547

Pages to

12555

Pages count

9

URL

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-016-7385-7

BibTex

@article{BUT130536,
  author="Petr {Dzik} and Michal {Veselý} and Martina {Pachovská} and Michael {Neumann-Spallart}",
  title="All-printed planar photoelectrochemical cells with digitated cathodes for the oxidation of diluted aqueous pollutants",
  journal="ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH",
  year="2017",
  volume="24",
  number="14",
  pages="12547--12555",
  doi="10.1007/s11356-016-7385-7",
  issn="0944-1344",
  url="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-016-7385-7"
}