Defect Engineering and Opening of the Ion tracks in the Swift Heavy Ion Irradiated Thin Films of Bismuth Vanadate: Impact on Oxygen Evolution Reaction for Solar Water Splitting

Swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation (Xe ions, 150 MeV, 5 × 109 – 5 × 1011 ions cm-2) is utilized to engineer defect landscape in hydrothermally synthesized BiVO4 (BVO) thin...