Investigation of effect of semiconductors and catalysts on photo-electro chemical water splitting

With the rapid development of the economy and the rapid growth of the population, demand for energy is increasing. Over the past two centuries, traditional energy consumption, such as coal, oil and natural gas, has grown sharply, and reserves have been irreversibly reduced as they are non-renewable sources of energy. In addition, it creates undesirable secondary effects such as non-renewable energy consumption, environmental pollution and global warming. Therefore, the search for environmentally friendly and highly efficient energy resources has become an extremely urgent task for sustainable development. Hydrogen is a renewable fuel and energy carrier that can play a role in solving the above problems. Photo-electrochemical (PEC) to produce hydrogen has great potential for water division, solar energy conversion and storage. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is one of the most promising approaches to energy conversion due to its practical efficiency. However, there are many important challenges that need to be overcome to make it practical on a large scale. The investigation of the photoelectrochemical properties of the catalysts has an important role in this regard. In this study, photoelectrochemical activities of molybdenum (Mo), boron (B), lanthanum (La) and cobalt (Co) modified cadmium sulfur (CdS) nanoparticles as a photoanote part in PEC method, hydrogen gas production amounts, oxygen gas production amounts and depending on the annealing temperature. In addition, characterization studies of the nanoparticles to be synthesized in XRD, SEM, EDX and potentiostat devices will be made.