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Solar water splitting over Rh <sub/>0.5</sub> Cr <sub/>1.5</sub> O <sub/>3</sub> -loaded AgTaO <sub/>3</sub> of a valence-band-controlled metal oxide photocatalyst
摘要： Improvement of water splitting performance of AgTaO3 (BG 3.4 eV) of a valence-band-controlled photocatalyst was examined. Survey of cocatalysts revealed that a Rh0.5Cr1.5O3 cocatalyst was much more effective than Cr2O3, RuO2, NiO and Pt for water splitting into H2 and O2 in a stoichiometric amount. The optimum loading amount of the Rh0.5Cr1.5O3 cocatalyst was 0.2 wt%. The apparent quantum yield (AQY) at 340 nm of the optimized Rh0.5Cr1.5O3(0.2 wt%)/AgTaO3 photocatalyst reached to about 40%. Rh0.5Cr1.5O3(0.2 wt%)/AgTaO3 gave a solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency (STH) of 0.13% for photocatalytic water splitting under simulated sunlight irradiation. Bubbles of gasses evolved by the solar water splitting were visually observed under atmospheric pressure at room temperature.
关键词： Rh0.5Cr1.5O3 cocatalyst,valence-band-controlled photocatalyst,solar water splitting,apparent quantum yield,AgTaO3,solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency
更新于2025-11-19 16:51:07
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Oxynitride Thin Films versus Particle-Based Photoanodes: a Comparative Study for Photoelectrochemical Solar Water Splitting
摘要： The solar water splitting process assisted by semiconductor photocatalysts attracts growing research interests worldwide for the production of hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier. Due to their optical and electrical properties several oxynitride materials show great promise for the fabrication of efficient photocatalysts for solar water splitting. This study reports a comparative investigation of particle- and thin films-based photocatalysts using three different oxynitride materials. The absolute comparison of the photoelectrochemical activities favors the particle-based electrodes due to the better absorption properties and larger electrochemical surface area. However, thin films surpass the particle-based photoelectrodes due to their more suitable morphological features that improve the separation and mobility of the photo-generated charge carriers. Our analysis identifies what specific insights into the properties of materials can be achieved with the two complementary approaches.
关键词： Oxynitride,pulsed laser deposition,photoelectrochemistry,thin films,solar water splitting,photoanode
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Photoelectrochemical water splitting with p-type metal oxide semiconductor photocathodes Youn Jeong Jang[a] and Jae Sung Lee*[a]
摘要： Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising way to produce clean and sustainable hydrogen fuel. Solar hydrogen production using p-type metal oxide semiconductor photocathodes has not been studied as extensively as n-type metal oxide semiconductor photoanodes and p-type PV-grade non-oxide semiconductor photocathodes. Copper-based oxide photocathodes show relatively good conductivity but suffer from instability in an aqueous solution under illumination. On the other hands, Fe-based metal oxide photocathodes demonstrate more stable PEC performance, but have problems in charge separation and transport. In this mini-review article, we provide an overview of the recent progress in p-type metal oxide-based photocathodes for PEC water reduction. Although these materials are not fully developed up to their potential performance, the involved challenges have been identified and strategies to overcome the limitations have been proposed. Future research in this field should address these issues and challenges in addition to discovery of new materials.
关键词： metal oxides,p-type semiconductors,photoelectrochemical cell,photocathodes,solar water splitting
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Fabrication of Robust Nanostructured (Zr)BiVO4/Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Core/Shell Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting
摘要： A highly conformal 10-15 nm layer of NiFe based Prussian blue co-catalyst is coated on BiVO4 electrodes. The coating boosted the photocurrent of BiVO4 electrodes by 10-fold to 3.23 mA/cm2. A low onset potential of 0.2 V and photo-corrosion inhibition for > 50 hours are also achieved.
关键词： Prussian blue,bismuth vanadate,solar water splitting,oxygen evolution catalyst
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Pure CuBi <sub/>2</sub> O <sub/>4</sub> Photoelectrodes with Increased Stability by Rapid Thermal Processing of Bi <sub/>2</sub> O <sub/>3</sub> /CuO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition
摘要： A new method for enhancing the charge separation and photo-electrochemical stability of CuBi2O4 photoelectrodes by sequentially depositing Bi2O3 and CuO layers on fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates with pulsed laser deposition (PLD), followed by rapid thermal processing (RTP), resulting in phase-pure, highly crystalline films after 10 min at 650 °C, is reported. Conventional furnace annealing of similar films for 72 h at 500 °C do not result in phase-pure CuBi2O4. The combined PLD and RTP approach allow excellent control of the Bi:Cu stoichiometry and results in photoelectrodes with superior electronic properties compared to photoelectrodes fabricated through spray pyrolysis. The low photocurrents of the CuBi2O4 photocathodes fabricated through PLD/RTP in this study are primarily attributed to their low specific surface area, lack of CuO impurities, and limited, slow charge transport in the undoped films. Bare (without protection layers) CuBi2O4 photoelectrodes made with PLD/RTP shows a photocurrent decrease of only 26% after 5 h, which represents the highest stability reported to date for this material. The PLD/RTP fabrication approach offers new possibilities of fabricating complex metal oxides photoelectrodes with a high degree of crystallinity and good electronic properties at higher temperatures than the thermal stability of glass-based transparent conductive substrates would allow.
关键词： CuBi2O4,solar water splitting,rapid thermal processing,ternary oxides,pulsed laser deposition
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Ag-Functionalized CuWO <sub/>4</sub> /WO <sub/>3</sub> nanocomposites for solar water splitting
摘要： Ag-Functionalized CuWO4/WO3 heterostructures were successfully prepared via a polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)-assisted sol–gel (PSG) route. Thin films prepared via electrophoretic deposition were used as photoanodes for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Compared to pristine CuWO4 and WO3 films, a significant enhancement of the photocurrent (3–4 times) at the thermodynamic potential for oxygen evolution (0.62 V vs. Ag/AgCl, pH 7) was obtained for the Ag-functionalized CuWO4/WO3 photoanodes. The obtained enhancement is shown to be derived from a synergic contribution of heterostructure formation (CuWO4/WO3) and improvements of light utilization by Ag-induced surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effects. Accordingly, a photocurrent of 0.205 mA cm?2 at 0.62 V vs. Ag/AgCl under neutral conditions (without hole scavengers) under front-side simulated AM1.5G illumination was achieved. A detailed analysis of the obtained PEC data alongside performed impedance measurements suggests that charge separation is significantly improved for the prepared Ag-functionalized CuWO4/WO3 photoanodes. Our work offers beneficial insights to design new plasmonic metal/heterostructured nanocomposites for energy conversion applications.
关键词： nanocomposites,surface plasmon resonance,photoelectrochemical,CuWO4/WO3,solar water splitting,Ag-functionalized,heterostructures
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Elucidating the Pulsed Laser Deposition Process of BiVO <sub/>4</sub> Photoelectrodes for Solar Water Splitting
摘要： BiVO4 thin films for the use as photoelectrodes for solar water splitting are prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD), a powerful technique to synthesize compact multinary metal oxides films with a high electronic quality. Here, the PLD process of BiVO4 films by ablating a BiVO4 target is systematically elucidated with a special focus on deviations from an ideal stoichiometric target-to-substrate material transfer. By correlating the V:Bi ratio of the films with their charge carrier transport properties and PEC performance, AM1.5 sulfite oxidation photocurrents of ~2.4 mA cm-2 at E = 1.23 V vs. RHE with stoichiometric films are achieved without any deliberate doping or surface modification. In addition, we prepare BiVO4 photoelectrodes for the first time by the alternating ablation of Bi2O3 and V2O5 targets. This approach is found to be an attractive alternative route to control the cation stoichiometry and produces BiVO4 films that generate AM1.5 sulfite oxidation photocurrents of up to 2.6?mA cm-2 at E = 1.23 V vs. RHE. Our results provide important insights into the PLD process of ternary oxide semiconductors and help to accelerate the synthesis and investigation of new multinary metal oxide photoelectrodes.
关键词： pulsed laser deposition,solar water splitting,stoichiometry,BiVO4,photoelectrodes
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Synthesis of Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Water Splitting
摘要： Production of H2, O2, and some useful chemicals by solar water splitting is widely expected to be one of the ultimate technologies in solving energy and environmental problems worldwide. Plasmonic enhancement of photocatalytic water splitting is attracting much attention. However, the enhancement factors reported so far are not as high as expected. Hence, further investigation of the plasmonic photocatalysts for water splitting is now needed. In this paper, recent work demonstrating plasmonic photocatalytic water splitting is reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to the fabrication process and the morphological features of the plasmonic photocatalysts.
关键词： metal nanostructure,solar water splitting,surface plasmon resonance,semiconductor,metal nanoparticle
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04
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Rationally Designed Copper-Modified Polymeric Carbon Nitride as a Photocathode for Solar Water Splitting
摘要： Polymeric carbon nitride has been considered an active photocathode for catalyzing H2 generation via water splitting. However, the application of the material in photoelectrochemical cells remains a challenge owing to the intrinsically sluggish kinetics of charge separation. Here, we developed a facile salt melt method for fabricating Cu-modified polymeric carbon nitride as an effective photocathode material for solar water splitting. Various characterization data confirm that Cu-modified polymeric carbon nitride contains both free CuCl derived from precursors and coordinated Cu species incorporated into the polymeric carbon nitride, which can generate type-II heterojunctions. This special heterojunction energy structure could contribute to significantly enhanced photocurrent density for hydrogen evolution. The proposed strategy for synthesizing of the Cu-modified polymeric carbon nitride can stimulate research into developing highly efficient visible-light active photocathodes.
关键词： photoelectrochemical,solar,water splitting,photocathode,coordination effect
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36
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How does cobalt phosphate modify the structure of TiO2 nanotube array photoanodes for solar water splitting?
摘要： TiO2 nanotube arrays (TNA) have been modified by cobalt phosphate (CoPi) through potentiostatic electrodeposition method. Different samples have been prepared by changing the loaded CoPi through the deposition time from 10 to 960 minutes. Formed catalytic materials have been characterized by different methods. Although charge transfer resistance of the CoPi/TNA photoanodes have been decreased from 5.5 to 4.0 kΩ by increasing the deposition time from 5 to 60 minutes, the maximum photoresponse was obtained for 10 min CoPi deposition leading to 24% more photocurrent compare to bare TNA which proposed optimum value for cobalt phosphate decoration. Based on field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results, by depositing the electrocatalyst, nanotube walls have been spread and holes have been covered by CoPi. Correlation between observed change in surface morphology and Raman spectra of the samples along with electrocatalytic tests revealed how decoration time can influence structural properties and photoelectrochemical performance of the final CoPi/TNA photoanodes in solar water splitting system.
关键词： CoPi,TiO2 photoanode,photoelectrochemical performance,solar water splitting
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46