Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 218, Issue -, Pages 570-580Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.07.002
Keywords
Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Fe2O3/CdS/Co-Pi NRAs; Charge transfer kinetics; Photocurrent density; Onset potential
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB632402]
- NSFC [51320105001, 51372190, 21433007, 21573170]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China [2015CFA001]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WUT: 2015-III-034]
- Innovative Research Funds of SKLWUT [2017-ZD-4]
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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is one of the most efficient strategies to meet the challenges of the global energy crisis. Although hematite (alpha-Fe2O3), is a suitable material for PEC, its performance is limited by passive surface state and slow charge transfer kinetics. Here, a successful design and fabrication of novel ternary Fe(2)O(3)3/CdS/Co-Pi nanorod arrays (NRAs) photoanode is reported aimed at boosting charge separation and transfer kinetics within the bulk and at the electrode/electrolyte interface. As expected, the results reveal that alpha-Fe2O3 sluggish reaction kinetics is greatly ameliorated upon depositing CdS and Co-Pi, and surface charge recombination decreases even more, resulting in substantially enhanced photocurrent density. Moreover, noticeable onset potential negative shift evidenced by the I-V curve is found to result from the deposition of CdS and Co-Pi, which allows the ternary composite to generate photocurrent at much lower applied potential. We elaborate the synergistic effect of CdS and Co-Pi in achieving faster charge transfer kinetics and lower onset potential for photocurrent. These results provide new insights into the surface reaction kinetics of Co-Pi/semiconductor photoanode toward PEC application. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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