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Tailoring the Crystallographic Orientation of a Sb2S3 Thin Film for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction

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ACS CATALYSIS
卷 12, 期 14, 页码 8175-8184

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01384

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crystallographic orientation; Sb2S3 photocathode; photoelectrochemical; water splitting; energy conversion

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China
  2. [21872019]

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In this study, a completely [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 film was successfully prepared, which exhibited lower defect density, lower recombination, and improved carrier transport efficiency compared to randomly oriented Sb2S3 film. A photocathode based on the [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 film achieved high photocurrent density and high applied bias photon-to-current efficiency in PEC water splitting.
Antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) is an emerging earth-abundant semiconductor for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water reduction. The anisotropic nature of Sb2S3 is responsible for its direction-dependent carrier transport efficiency. In general, photogenerated carriers transfer more efficiently along the [hk1] orientation than along the [hk0] orientation. However, the synthesis of a Sb2S3 film with precisely controlled [hk1] orientation is still very challenging. Herein, a completely [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 film is prepared by sulfurizing an Ag/Sb bimetallic precursor film deposited using dual-source electron-beam evaporation. A sliver-induced crystal growth model is proposed to elucidate the formation mechanism of the [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 film. Mechanistic studies reveal that the [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 film has a lower defect density, a lower bulk and surface recombination, and better carrier transport efficiency in comparison to those of a randomly oriented Sb2S3 film. As a result, a photocathode based on the [hk1]-oriented Sb2S3 film delivers a high photocurrent density of 9.4 mA cm(-2) at 0 V versus RHE and a high applied bias photon-to-current efficiency of 1.2% in a neutral electrolyte. Our work not only demonstrates the effectiveness of the crystal orientation of a Sb2S3 film for PEC water splitting but also provides a strategy for crystal orientation engineering of stibnite-type semiconductors for solar energy conversion applications.

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