Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 250, Issue -, Pages 200-212Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.02.063
Keywords
TiO2; CdS; NiOx; p-n Junction; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Band alignment
Funding
- Technology Development program of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups [C0566106]
- Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea [NRF-2017R1D1A1B03035201, NRF-2019R1A2C2003804]
- Ajou University
- Korea Technology & Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA) [C0566106] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The TiO2/CdS system has attracted great attention in solar water-splitting applications owing to its desirable electronic and optical properties. With the aim of enhancing its photoelectrochemical water splitting efficiency, an efficient strategy is proposed via nanostructuring and linking it in a p-n junction configuration with NiO,. The deposition of TiO2 nanorods (NRs) and CdS was achieved using a hydrothermal synthesis route in the sequence, after which NiO was deposited via RF magnetron sputtering. Characterisation revealed the uniform deposition of CdS onto the TiO2 NRs, forming a core-shell morphology, and the deposition of NiO on top of the TiO2-NR/CdS resulted in a nanostructured p-n junction. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to resolve the valence band edge, and impedance studies confirmed the formation of a p-n junction; accordingly, the probable band edge positions of the photoelectrode were identified. The optimised TiO2-NR/CdS-NiO p-n junction electrode exhibited a remarkable photocurrent of 30 mA cm(-2) (at 1 V vs. Ag/AgC1) under AM 1.5 G simulated sunlight and an incident photon-to-current efficiency of 97% at 500 nm. Furthermore, during illumination, the production of H-2 gas occurred with a faradaic efficiency of 95%. The results of the study demonstrate the advantage of utilizing the TiO2-NR/CdS-NiO system in a p-n junction configuration to greatly enhancethe charge generation, separation and suppression of the charge recombination, which boosts its photoelectrochemical water splitting performance.
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