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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
卷 343, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123544
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Carbon nanodots; Water splitting; Photoanode; Bismuth vanadate; Interface modification
This study utilizes cobalt-doped carbon nanodots as an auxiliary material to efficiently extract charges from BiVO4 and accelerate surface reactions, leading to improved photocurrent density and stability. Carbon nanodots are found to be excellent interfacial modifiers, activating and stabilizing cobalt atoms while tightly anchoring onto BiVO4.
Photoelectrochemical water splitting with bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) photoanodes is a promising strategy for solar-driven hydrogen production. However, the unfavorable interfacial charge behavior causes severe charge recombination and photocorrosion issue of BiVO4. Herein, cobalt-doped carbon nanodots (CoCDs) are employed for efficient charge extraction due to Co impurity level, which form band alignment with BiVO4, as well as accelerate surface reaction. As a result, the obtained CoCDs/BVO photoanode demonstrates an outstanding photocurrent density of 5.26 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode under AM 1.5 G illumination, superior to most BiVO4 photoanodes with cocatalysts. Carbon nanodots turn out to be an excellent matrix to activate and stabilize Co atoms and tightly anchor onto BiVO4, which makes them good interfacial modifier. This work paves an avenue for the optimization of semiconductor/liquid interface and the application of carbon nanomaterials in photoelectrodes.
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