Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 287, Issue -, Pages 119-128Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.04.042
Keywords
Hematite; Reduced graphene oxide; Charge separation efficiency; Charge injection efficiency
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) [101-3113-E-011-002, 101-2923-E-011-001-MY3, 100-2221-E-011-105-MY3]
- Top University Projects from the Ministry of Education (MoE) [100H451401]
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Herein, we present a highly photoactive photoanode for solar water oxidation using three dimensional (3D) urchin-like hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) nanostructures modified with ultra-thin reduced graphene oxide (rGO). rGO acts as both electron conducting scaffold and surface passivation layer. By virtue of these combined effects, the composite photoanode exhibits 1.47 times higher photocurrent density (1.06 mA cm(-2), at 1.23 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)) and two-fold enhancement in the photoconversion efficiency than that of pristine alpha-Fe2O3. The dual effect of rGO as both electron conducting scaffold and surface passivation layer is further evidenced from the 1.82 and 1.67 fold enhancements in charge separation and charge injection efficiencies at 1.23 and 1 V vs. RHE respectively. To get further evidence about the origin of the improved photoactivity of the rGO modified photoanode, a series of electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and impedance spectroscopy measurements were carried out. Our results demonstrate the benefits of a noble metal free highly promising photoanode for photoelectrochemical water oxidation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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