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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 136, Issue 3, Pages 830-833Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja408876k
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- Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy
- [DE-FG02-98ER45706]
- [DE-SC0002133]
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Polycrystalline CuRhO2 is investigated as a photocathode for the splitting of water under visible irradiation. The band edge positions of this material straddle the water oxidation and reduction redox potentials. Thus, photogenerated conduction band electrons are sufficiently energetic to reduce water, while the associated valence band holes are energetically able to oxidize water to O-2. Under visible illumination, H-2 production is observed with similar to 0.2 V underpotential in an air-saturated solution. In contrast, H-2 production in an Ar-saturated solution was found to be unstable. This instability is associated with the reduction of the semiconductor forming Cu(s). However, in the presence of air or O-2, bulk Cu(s) was not detected, implying that CuRhO2 is self-healing when air is present. This property allows for the stable formation of H-2 with ca. 80% Faradaic efficiency.
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