光电流
异质结
分解水
材料科学
光电子学
介电谱
氢氧化物
带隙
电极
半导体
能量转换效率
纳米技术
电化学
光催化
无机化学
化学
催化作用
物理化学
生物化学
作者
Shouli Bai,Xiaojun Yang,Chengyao Liu,Xu Xiang,Ruixian Luo,Jing He
出处
期刊:ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2018-08-24
卷期号:6 (10): 12906-12913
被引量:96
标识
DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02267
摘要
Combining semiconductor heterojunction and cocatalyst is an important strategy to improve photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting efficiency. Here, a photoanode of WO3/Fe2O3 heterojunction decorated by NiFe-layered double hydroxide (LDH) was fabricated by two-step hydrothermal methods. As expected, the photocurrent density of the ternary photoanode reaches up to 3.0 mA·cm–2, which respectively are 5 times and 7 times of WO3 and α-Fe2O3. The improvement benefits from the extending absorption of visible light, the effective separation of photogenerated charge carriers, and acceleration of water oxidizing reaction, which is caused by narrowing band gap and electron directionally flowing of heterojunction as well as catalyst timely consuming of holes accumulated at the electrode surface. The electron lifetime and the steady-state carrier density for four photoanodes were estimated from electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) and were further confirmed by the intensity modulated photocurrent spectra (IMPS). The work provides a demonstration to develop a high efficiency and low-cost photoanode for application in solar energy PEC water splitting.
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