期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 7955-7962出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b16918
关键词
photoelectrochemical cells; water splitting; silicon; NiOx; semiconductor junction
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIP) [2017R1A2B3006941]
- Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) from Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea [20153030013200]
As a thermodynamic driving force obtained from sunlight, the open-circuit potential (OCP) in photo-electrochemical cells is typically limited by the photovoltage (V-ph). In this work, we establish that the OCP can exceed the value of V-ph when an electrolyte-permeable NiOx thin film is employed as an electrocatalyst in a Si photocathode. The built-in potential developed at the NiOx/Si junction is adjusted in situ according to the progress of the NiOx hydration for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). As a result of decoupling of the OCP from V-ph, a high OCP value of 0.75 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode) is obtained after 1 h operation of HER in an alkaline electrolyte (pH = 14), thus outperforming the highest value (0.64 V) reported to date with conventional Si photoelectrodes.
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