ZnO photoelectrode simultaneously modified with Cu2O and Co-Pi based on broader light absorption and efficiently photogenerated carrier separation

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2571-2578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chonghao Ma ◽  
Zhifeng Liu ◽  
Qijun Cai ◽  
Changcun Han ◽  
Zhengfu Tong

A ZnO/Cu2O/Co-Pi photoelectrode is applied in PEC water splitting, improving the light absorption and photogenerated carrier separation.

Author(s):  
Zhichao Hao ◽  
Mengnan Ruan ◽  
Zhengang Guo ◽  
Weiguo Yan ◽  
Xiangfeng Wu ◽  
...  

The predicaments of poor carrier separation and light absorption need be overcome in order to maximize the preeminent performances of WO3 in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Hence, we firstly prepared...


Author(s):  
Xu Gao ◽  
Yanqing Shen ◽  
Jiajia Liu ◽  
Lingling Lv ◽  
Min Zhou ◽  
...  

Monolayer Janus PtXY (platinum dichalcogenide) shows a high performance in solar light absorption, photogenerated carrier separation, and hydrogen- and oxygen-evolution reactions, resulting in a great photocatalytic performance for overall water-splitting.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. e1501764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongcai Qiu ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Guangmin Zhou ◽  
...  

Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has been widely regarded as a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting because of its low cost, its high stability against photocorrosion, and its relatively narrow band gap of 2.4 eV. However, the achieved performance of the BiVO4 photoanode remains unsatisfactory to date because its short carrier diffusion length restricts the total thickness of the BiVO4 film required for sufficient light absorption. We addressed the issue by deposition of nanoporous Mo-doped BiVO4 (Mo:BiVO4) on an engineered cone-shaped nanostructure, in which the Mo:BiVO4 layer with a larger effective thickness maintains highly efficient charge separation and high light absorption capability, which can be further enhanced by multiple light scattering in the nanocone structure. As a result, the nanocone/Mo:BiVO4/Fe(Ni)OOH photoanode exhibits a high water-splitting photocurrent of 5.82 ± 0.36 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode under 1-sun illumination. We also demonstrate that the PEC cell in tandem with a single perovskite solar cell exhibits unassisted water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of up to 6.2%.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqtidar Ahmad ◽  
Ismail Shahid ◽  
Anwar Ali ◽  
Shakeel Zeb ◽  
Lei Gao ◽  
...  

To overcome the regular exhaustion of fossil fuels and environmental issues, the hydrogen creation by photocatalytic water splitting has turn into the core heart of modern research. Here, the van...


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (46) ◽  
pp. 27272-27279
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Huan Yuan ◽  
Qiuping Zhang ◽  
Kaiyi Luo ◽  
Yutong Liu ◽  
...  

A series of ZnO-based complex architectures including Mn-doped ZnO, Ag/ZnO and Ag-decorated Mn:ZnO nanocomposites were fabricated by a facile polymer network gel method.


2016 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 150-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilip Kumar Behara ◽  
Gyan Prakash Sharma ◽  
Arun Prakash Upadhyay ◽  
Maurya Gyanprakash ◽  
Raj Ganesh S Pala ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (35) ◽  
pp. 12181-12187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yayao Lan ◽  
Zhifeng Liu ◽  
Zhengang Guo ◽  
Xifei Li ◽  
Lei Zhao ◽  
...  

It is known that heterojunction photoelectrodes can improve light absorption and accelerate the separation of photogenerated carriers in the field of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (45) ◽  
pp. 26098-26104
Author(s):  
Hao-Lin Wu ◽  
Xu-Bing Li ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Shuai Zhou ◽  
Ya-Jing Chen ◽  
...  

A hand-in-hand QD assembly sensitized photocathode with extended light absorption and oriented charge transfer is established for enhanced PEC water splitting, which is comparable to or even better than those external cocatalyst-assisted systems.


Author(s):  
Yubin Chen ◽  
Wenyu Zhen ◽  
Sebastián Murcia-López ◽  
Fei Lv ◽  
Joan R. Morante ◽  
...  

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a very attractive approach to produce clean hydrogen using abundant natural resources such as solar energy and (sea)water. As its primary step, light absorption controls...


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haotian Pi ◽  
Dantong Zhang ◽  
Xinmeng Zhang ◽  
Zhao Jin ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
...  

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting offers a promising chance for energy generation on a global scale.


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