Journal
CHEMSUSCHEM
Volume 11, Issue 21, Pages 3783-3789Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201801751
Keywords
photoelectrocatalysis; doping; hematite; iron; water oxidation
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1732110]
- Canadian Solar Inc.
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An effective cocatalyst is usually required to improve the performance of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting catalysts. A fluorine-doped FeOOH (F:FeOOH) cocatalyst on a hematite photoanode was used to lower the onset potential by 140 mV and significantly improve the PEC performance. Moreover, a more effective dual cocatalytic system was prepared by subsequent loading of a FeNiOOH cocatalyst, which resulted in a further decrease of the onset potential by 270 mV. The final onset potential of the Fe2O3/F:FeOOH/FeNiOOH photoanode was lowered to 0.45 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which is one of the lowest onset potential values ever reported for hematite photoanodes. The photocurrent also dramatically increased by a factor of approximately 3 to 0.9 mA cm(-2) at 1.0 V versus RHE. Based on the structural, chemical, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy characterization, the enhanced performance was attributed to the F:FeOOH overlayer, which reduced the surface recombination and accelerated the oxygen evolution reaction activity, and the FeNiOOH cocatalyst, which further enhanced the reaction kinetics. The facile preparation of the F:FeOOH cocatalyst and the design of the dual cocatalytic system will allow the development of high-performance hematite photoanodes.
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