The synergistic role with photosensitivity effect and extended space charge region on inorganic-organic WO3/PANI photoanode for efficient PEC water splitting

Author(s):  
Zhichao Hao ◽  
Mengnan Ruan ◽  
Zhengang Guo ◽  
Weiguo Yan ◽  
Xiangfeng Wu ◽  
...  

The predicaments of poor carrier separation and light absorption need be overcome in order to maximize the preeminent performances of WO3 in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Hence, we firstly prepared...

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2571-2578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chonghao Ma ◽  
Zhifeng Liu ◽  
Qijun Cai ◽  
Changcun Han ◽  
Zhengfu Tong

A ZnO/Cu2O/Co-Pi photoelectrode is applied in PEC water splitting, improving the light absorption and photogenerated carrier separation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. e1501764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongcai Qiu ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Guangmin Zhou ◽  
...  

Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has been widely regarded as a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting because of its low cost, its high stability against photocorrosion, and its relatively narrow band gap of 2.4 eV. However, the achieved performance of the BiVO4 photoanode remains unsatisfactory to date because its short carrier diffusion length restricts the total thickness of the BiVO4 film required for sufficient light absorption. We addressed the issue by deposition of nanoporous Mo-doped BiVO4 (Mo:BiVO4) on an engineered cone-shaped nanostructure, in which the Mo:BiVO4 layer with a larger effective thickness maintains highly efficient charge separation and high light absorption capability, which can be further enhanced by multiple light scattering in the nanocone structure. As a result, the nanocone/Mo:BiVO4/Fe(Ni)OOH photoanode exhibits a high water-splitting photocurrent of 5.82 ± 0.36 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode under 1-sun illumination. We also demonstrate that the PEC cell in tandem with a single perovskite solar cell exhibits unassisted water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of up to 6.2%.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqtidar Ahmad ◽  
Ismail Shahid ◽  
Anwar Ali ◽  
Shakeel Zeb ◽  
Lei Gao ◽  
...  

To overcome the regular exhaustion of fossil fuels and environmental issues, the hydrogen creation by photocatalytic water splitting has turn into the core heart of modern research. Here, the van...


2016 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 150-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilip Kumar Behara ◽  
Gyan Prakash Sharma ◽  
Arun Prakash Upadhyay ◽  
Maurya Gyanprakash ◽  
Raj Ganesh S Pala ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 2970-2976 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wang ◽  
J. Zhao ◽  
F. E. Osterloh

The application of inorganic nanostructures for solar water splitting is currently limited by our understanding of photochemical charge transfer on the nanoscale, where space charge layers are less effective for carrier separation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (35) ◽  
pp. 12181-12187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yayao Lan ◽  
Zhifeng Liu ◽  
Zhengang Guo ◽  
Xifei Li ◽  
Lei Zhao ◽  
...  

It is known that heterojunction photoelectrodes can improve light absorption and accelerate the separation of photogenerated carriers in the field of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (45) ◽  
pp. 26098-26104
Author(s):  
Hao-Lin Wu ◽  
Xu-Bing Li ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Shuai Zhou ◽  
Ya-Jing Chen ◽  
...  

A hand-in-hand QD assembly sensitized photocathode with extended light absorption and oriented charge transfer is established for enhanced PEC water splitting, which is comparable to or even better than those external cocatalyst-assisted systems.


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 4036-4043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenrui Zhang ◽  
Danhua Yan ◽  
Kannatassen Appavoo ◽  
Jiajie Cen ◽  
Qiyuan Wu ◽  
...  

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