Journal
CHEMELECTROCHEM
Volume 3, Issue 10, Pages 1546-1552Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/celc.201500554
Keywords
nickel cobalt oxide; oxygen evolution; photocatalysis; solar fuel; water splitting
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- Danish Council for Independent Research [DFF-4005-00463]
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Si is an excellent photo-absorber for use in dual-band-gap photoelectrochemical water splitting. We investigate photoanodes with n(+) pp(+)-Si configuration under back-side illumination, which is suited to work in a tandem device stack. A co-sputtered NiCoOx film coupled to the Si was used as a protective catalyst for the water oxidation reaction in 1 m KOH. The sample showed a high photocurrent (21 mAcm(-2)) under red-light illumination (38.6 mWcm(-2)). Long-term stability testing showed a gradual decrease of activity in the beginning, and then the activity increased, yielding a cathodic shift of the onset voltage (> 50 mV), likely owing to the divergent response of Ni and Co to the Fe present in KOH. Once the activity of the sample stabilized, no further degradation was observed for the following 6 days, indicating that the demonstrated back-illuminated photoanode configuration can be considered a promising architecture for use as a bottom cell of the tandem water-splitting device under alkaline conditions.
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