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A Three-Dimensional ZnO/CdS/NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Photoanode Coupled with a Cu <sub/>2</sub> O Photocathode in a Tandem Cell for Overall Solar Water Splitting
摘要： An integrated tandem photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell, composed of a three-dimensional (3D) ZnO/CdS/NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) core/shell/hierarchical nanowire arrays (NWAs) photoanode and a p-Cu2O photocathode, was designed for unassisted overall solar water splitting in this study. The optical and photoelectrochemical characteristics of ZnO-based photoanodes and Cu2O photocathode were investigated. The results show that ZnO/CdS/NiFe LDH nanostructures offer significantly enhanced performances with a photocurrent density reaching 5.8 mA cm?2 at 0.9 V and an onset potential as early as 0.1 V (versus RHE). The enhancement can be attributed to the existence of CdS nanoparticles (NPs) which boosts the light absorption in visible region and enhances charge separation. Moreover, the introduction of NiFe LDH nanoplates, with unique hierarchical mesoporous architecture, promotes electrochemical reactions by providing more active sites as co-catalyst. On the above basis, the ZnO/CdS/NiFe LDH–Cu2O two-electrode tandem cell system was established. At zero bias, the device shows a photocurrent density of 0.4 mA cm?2 along with the corresponding solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency reaching 0.50%. Our results indicate that the tandem PEC cells consisting of metal–oxide–semiconductor photoelectrodes based on Earth-abundant and low-cost materials hold promising application potential for overall solar water splitting.
关键词： ZnO,PEC tandem cell,CdS,solar hydrogen,self-driven water splitting,NiFe LDH
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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An efficient tandem photoelectrochemical cell composed of FeOOH/TiO2/BiVO4 and Cu2O for self-driven solar water splitting
摘要： An integrated solar water splitting tandem cell without external bias was designed using a FeOOH modified TiO2/BiVO4 photoanode as a photoanode and p-Cu2O as a photocathode in this study. An apparent photocurrent (0.37 mA/cm2 at operating voltage of +0.36 VRHE) for the tandem cell without applied bias was measured, which is corresponding to a photoconversion efficiency of 0.46%. Besides, the photocurrent of FeOOH modified TiO2/BiVO4 and Cu2O photocathode (~0.07 mA/cm2 at +0.42 VRHE). Then we established a FeOOH modified TiO2/BiVO4-Cu2O two-electrode system and measured the current density-voltage curves under AM 1.5G illumination. The unassisted photocurrent density is 0.12 mA/cm2 and the corresponding amounts of hydrogen and oxygen evolved by the tandem PEC cell without bias are 2.36 mmol/cm2 and 1.09 mmol/cm2 after testing for 2.5 h. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of the FeOOH modified TiO2/BiVO4 photoanode were further studied to demonstrate the electrons transport process of solar water splitting. This aspect provides a fundamental challenge to establish an unbiased and stabilized photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar water splitting tandem cell with higher solar-to-hydrogen efficiency.
关键词： Self-driven water splitting,PEC tandem cell,Solar hydrogen,Cu2O-BiVO4
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36