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Rapid Screening of BiVO4-Based Photocatalysts by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) and Studies of Their Photoelectrochemical Properties

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 114, Issue 31, Pages 13322-13328

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp104343b

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  1. Department of Energy [DE-SC0002219]
  2. National Science Foundation [0618242]
  3. Robert A Welch Foundation [F-0021]
  4. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0002219] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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A picoliter solution dispenser was used to fabricate various n-type BiVO4 based photocatalyst arrays having different compositions and a scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) technique modified by replacing a normal ultramicroelectrode with an optical fiber was used for fast screening of the effective photocatalysts for Na2SO3 (as a sacrificial reductant) and water oxidation. Bi/V/W oxide with a ratio of 4 5.5 0.5 showed similar to 4 6x higher photocurrent than Bi/V oxide without W and this result was confirmed with bulk film studies. Preliminary characterization (XRD, XPS, and EIS) was also performed for these catalysts This material was tested for photoelectrochemical water oxidation with a Pt ring optical fiber to detect the product (O-2) of photoelectrochemical oxidation reaction

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