Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 1977-1986Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn100032y
Keywords
hematite; photocatalysis; water splitting; solar; nanostructured
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [CHE-0934450, 0618242]
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory
- U.S. Army Research Office [W911NF-09-1-0130]
- Welch Foundation [F-1436, F-0021]
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0934450] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0821312] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We report the preparation of alpha-Fe2O3 electrodes using a technique known as reactive ballistic deposition in which iron metal is evaporatively deposited in an oxygen ambient for photoelectrochemical (PLC) water oxidation. By manipulating synthesis parameters such as deposition angle, film thickness, and annealing temperature, we find that it is possible to optimize the structural and morphological properties of such films in order to improve their PLC efficiency. Incident photon to current conversion efficiencies (IPCE) are used to calculate an AM1.5 photocurrent of 0.55 mA/cm(2) for optimized films with an IPCE reaching 10% at 420 nm in 1 M KOH at +0.5 V versus Ag/AgCl. We also note that the commonly observed low photoactivity of extremely thin hematite films on fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates may be improved by modificatiol of annealing conditions in some cases.
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