Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104110
Keywords
Water oxidation; Photoanode/electrolyte interface; Disordered layer; Defect patching
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- NRF of Korea - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [NRF-2019R1A2C3010479, NRF-2019M1A2A2065612, NRF-2019M3E6A1064525]
- NSFC [51802157]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK20180493]
- Nano-Material Fundamental Technology Development program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) [2017M3A7B4049173]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017M3A7B4049173] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The hole trapping sites at the photoanode/electrolyte interface seriously detract from the positive effect of oxygen-vacancy on photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. In this work, a patching strategy is put forward to eliminate those charge trapping sites of the oxygen-deficient in disordered overlayer (DL) of WO3 photoanode by inactive pieces of oxygen-rich carbon nitride quantum dots (CNQDs). The patching leads to a 1.5-fold enhancement in PEC performance and a 100 mV cathodic shift of onset potential compared to the preoptimized DL-WO3 photoanode. The remarkably raised charge transfer efficiency from 60% to 87% at 1.23 V vs RHE is an indication of boosting hole transfer. Density function theory (DFT) calculations reveal that DL-WO3/CNQDs produces a stepped valence band alignment together with the removal of charge trapping sites, is capable of overcoming the hole transfer limitation at the photoanode/electrolyte interface. This study might open a window to pursue a simple but highly efficient strategy on modification of solid/liquid interface for solar to fuel conversion.
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