期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 11, 期 14, 页码 13185-13193出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b20998
关键词
transparent conducting oxides; heterojunction photoanode; ferroelectric polarization; photoelectrochemistry; charge recombination rate
资金
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- NSERC
- 1000-talent award in Sichuan province of China
- Chiang Jiang short term scholar award
The photoelectric properties of multiferroic double-perovskite Bi2FeCrO6 (BFCO), such as above-band gap photovoltages, switchable photocurrents, and bulk photovoltaic effects, have recently been explored for potential applications in solar technology. Here, we report the fabrication of photoelectrodes based on n-type ferroelectric (FE) semiconductor BFCO heterojunctions coated with p-type transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) by pulsed laser deposition and their application for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. The photocatalytic properties of the bare BFCO photoanodes can be improved by controlling the FE polarization state. However, the charge recombination as well as the limited charge transfer kinetics in the photoanode/electrolyte cause major energy loss and thus hinder the PEC performance. We show that this problem may be addressed by the deposition of an ultrathin p-type NiO layer on the photoanode to enhance the charge transport kinetics and reduce charge recombination at surface-trapped states for increased surface band bending. A fourfold enhancement of photocurrent density, up to 0.4 mA cm(-2) (at +1.23 V vs RHE), a best performance of stability over 4 h, and a high incident photon-to-current efficiency (similar to 3.7%) were achieved under 1 sun illumination in such p-NiO/n-BFCO heterojunction photoanodes. These studies reveal the optimization of PEC performance by polarization switching of BFCO and the successful achievement of p-TCOs/n-FE heterojunction photoanodes that are able to sustain water oxidation that is stable for many hours.
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