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Abstract
Study of hydrogen production as a green energy on NaTaO3 photocatalyst has been done. The
aim of this work is to study the photocatalytic properties of NaTaO3 and NiO incorporated
NaTaO3 used in water splitting reaction. The NaTaO3 powder with high crystallinity has been
synthesized by a H2O2-asissted sol-gel route calcined at a temperature of 900 oC. NiO as a
cocatalyst is deposited by impregnation of Ni(NO3)2.6H2O solution. The catalysts are
characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution
transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis (DR-UV-Vis). The
photocatalysts have a band gap energy ca. 4.01 and 4.00 eV (corresponding to absorption
edge of 310 and 311 nm). Photocatalytic activity towards hydrogen generation from water is
investigated using a glass reactor under ultra violet (UV) light illumination. Photocatalytic of
H2 and O2 production on the pristine NaTaO3 are 0.61 and 0.30 mmol g-1cat.h-1, respectively.
The activities are greatly enhanced 8.5 times higher by the incorporation of NiO as cocatalysts
on the prepared oxides. NiO is found to give rise to more efficient photocatalytic activity for
hydrogen evolution. The NaTaO3 nanoparticles produces using this facile have: better
crystallinity, smaller size, and higher photocatalytic activity.
Keywords: Sodium tantalum oxide; Nickel oxide; Sol-gel; impregnation; Hydrogen evolution
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Gambar 1. Prinsip dasar fotokatalitik dekompo- Alat-alat yang digunakan untuk preparasi
sisi air menjadi hidrogen pada katalis terdiri dari gelas-gelas kimia dan
semikonduktor fotokatalis
aksessories. Sedangkan untuk produksi
hidrogen digunakan satu unit reaktor uji
Prinsip dekomposisi fotokatalitik air (reaksi
reaksi water splitting terbuat dari gelas
water-splitting) didasarkan pada konversi
pyrex dan bagian dalam quarts, lampu Hg
energi cahaya menjadi listrik ketika cahaya
400 W tekanan tinggi (λ ≥ 250 nm), dan hot
diserap oleh semikonduktor (lihat Gambar 1,
plate magnetic stirrer. Hidrogen dianalisis
step 1). Cahaya memiliki photon (hv)
dengan menggunakan YANGI-LiN gas
menyebabkan ionisasi intrinsik material
chromatograph (column porapax N and
semikonduktor tipe-n dan meregenerasi
Molecular sieve 5A, PDHID detector, dengan
elektron dan hole yang disebut
gas carrier Helium.
photogenerated carrier. Selanjutnya elektron
(e-) dari VB tereksitasi ke CB (step 2, pers.
2.2 Preparasi Katalis
1). Hole (h+) memecah molekul H2O menjadi
gas O2 dan ion H+ (step 3, pers. 2). Seketika
Fotokatalis NaTaO3 disintesis melalui
itu, elektron (e-) mereduksi ion hidrogen
prosedur sol-gel menggunakan larutan
menjadi gas H2 (step 3, pers. 3).
hidrogen peroksida sebagai pelarut. Sintesis
dilakukan sebagai berikut: TaCl5 dilarutkan
Reaksi water splitting menjadi H2 dan O2
dalam hidrogen peroksida dan NaOH,
membutuhkan perubahan energi bebas
dilarutkan dalam aquades (NaOH berlebih 5 -
Gibbs ∆Go sebesar 237 kJ/mol atau 1.23 eV.
6%) untuk mengimbangi penguapan Na
Reaksi ini terjadi menurut mekanisme
tersebut. Campuran diaduk menggunakan
berikut (Choi & Kang, 2007).
pengaduk magnetic stirrer (dilambangkan:
larutan A). Asam sitrat sebagai chelating
Photon absorption:
agent dilarutkan dalam 50 ml aquades,
selanjutnya di teteskan ke dalam larutan A
2hv → 2e- + 2h+ (1)
untuk menghasilkan sol sambil diaduk terus-
menerus. pH larutan diatur sampai 4
H2O (l) + 2h+ → 1/2O2 (g) + 2H+ (2)
menggunakan larutan NH4OH agar asam
sitrat terionisasi. Campuran tersebut
2H+ + 2e- → H2 (g) (3)
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