Crystallographic-Orientation-Dependent Charge Separation of BiVO4 for Solar Water Oxidation

By Deng Li, Yong Liu, Wenwen Shi, Chenyi Shao, Shengyang Wang, Chunmei Ding, Taifeng Liu, Fengtao Fan, Jingying Shi, Can Li. ACS Energy Letters, 2019

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Charge separation plays a crucial role in determining the solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Of the factors that affect charge separation, the anisotropic charge transport property of semiconductors shows great potential in promoting charge separation, but it has received little attention. Herein, we report BiVO4 photoanodes with predominant [010] and [121] orientations and demonstrate a crystallographic-orientation-dependent charge separation of BiVO4 for solar water oxidation. We found that a [010]-orientated BiVO4 photoanode generated a photocurrent 2.9 times that of the [121]-orientated one, owing to the significantly improved charge separation. An in-depth investigation of the surface band bending by open-circuit potential and film conductivity by contacting atomic force microscopy reveals that the higher electron mobility along the [010] direction than that of [121] accounts for the improvement in charge separation. This work offers a fundamental insigh...

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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