Title
Tailored BiVO4/In2O3 nanostructures with boosted charge separation ability toward unassisted water splitting
Author
Mi Gyoung Lee, Jin Wook Yang, Ik Jae Park, Tae Hyung Lee, Hoonkee Park, Woo Seok Cheon, Sol A. Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Su Geun Ji, Jun Min Suh, Jooho Moon, Jin Young Kim, Ho Won Jang
Year
2023
Journal
Carbon energy
Abstract
The development of new heterostructures with high photoactivity is a breakthrough for the limitation of solar-driven water splitting. Here, we first introduce indium oxide (In2O3) nanorods (NRs) as a novel electron transport layer for bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) with a short charge diffusion length. In2O3 NRs reinforce the electron transport and hole blocking of BiVO4, surpassing the state-of-the-art photoelectrochemical performances of BiVO4-based photoanodes. Also, a tannin–nickel–iron complex (TANF) is used as an oxygen evolution catalyst to speed up the reaction kinetics. The final TANF/BiVO4/In2O3 NR photoanode generates photocurrent densities of 7.1 mA cm−2 in sulfite oxidation and 4.2 mA cm−2 in water oxidation at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode. Furthermore, the “artificial leaf,” which is a tandem cell with a perovskite/silicon solar cell, shows a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 6.2% for unbiased solar water splitting. We reveal significant advances in the photoactivity of TANF/BiVO4/In2O3 NRs from the tailored nanostructure and band structure for charge dynamics.
Full Article
Instrument
V-770
Keywords
nanostructure, photoactivity, BiO4,