光电流
纳米孔
材料科学
分解水
半导体
光电化学
带隙
光电子学
析氧
纳米技术
化学工程
催化作用
电极
光催化
化学
电化学
生物化学
工程类
物理化学
作者
Hiep T. Nguyen,Mahmoud G. Ahmed,Mengyuan Zhang,Oded Halevi,Fatwa F. Abdi,Shlomo Magdassi,Lydia Helena Wong
出处
期刊:ACS applied energy materials
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2023-07-21
卷期号:6 (15): 8297-8305
被引量:1
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsaem.3c01418
摘要
Photoelectrochemical solar water splitting has become a potential approach for producing clean hydrogen fuels by utilizing semiconductor photoelectrodes and solar energy. Among emerging metal oxide photoelectrodes, iron vanadate (FeVO4) with its unique electronic band structure and suitable bandgap energies for absorbing visible light from the solar spectrum has become a promising photoanode. However, the reported photocurrent density of this material is still low because of the poor water oxidation kinetics and the slow separation of carriers, leading to recombination at the surface. In this study, we attempted to solve these limitations by nanostructuring the FeVO4 photoanode and modifying its surface with cocatalysts (CoOx, CoPi, and CoOx–CoPi). Both photocurrent and onset potential are significantly improved, resulting from the enhancement of charge injection and separation efficiencies. For the first time, the dual layer of oxygen evolution CoOx–CoPi catalysts is found more effective than single-layer CoOx or CoPi catalysts for the nanoporous FeVO4 photoanode with the increased photocurrent density at 1.23 V vs RHE of a 5-fold improvement compared to the pristine FeVO4. This result offers a strategy to further improve FeVO4 photoanode performance for efficient solar water splitting toward practical applications.
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