Unprecedented solar water splitting of dendritic nanostructured Bi2O3 films by combined oxygen vacancy formation and Na2MoO4 doping
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Unprecedented solar water splitting of dendritic nanostructured Bi2O3 films by combined oxygen vacancy formation and Na2MoO4 dopingAutoria
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2021-05-27Editor
Elsevier; International Association for Hydrogen EnergyISSN
0360-3199Cita bibliogràfica
SHADDAD, Maged N., et al. Unprecedented solar water splitting of dendritic nanostructured Bi2O3 films by combined oxygen vacancy formation and Na2MoO4 doping. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021.Tipus de document
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We demonstrate the synergetic effect of Na2MoO4-doping and vacuum-annealing on dendritic nanostructured bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) thin films prepared by electrodeposition for visible-light-assisted photoelectrochemical ... [+]
We demonstrate the synergetic effect of Na2MoO4-doping and vacuum-annealing on dendritic nanostructured bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) thin films prepared by electrodeposition for visible-light-assisted photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. After evaluating various extents of Na2MoO4-doping as well as vacuum-annealing temperatures, it was evidenced that both Na2MoO4-doping and vacuum-annealing significantly improved the efficiency and PEC water oxidation performance. Compared to the undoped Bi2O3 photoanode, the optimized Na2MoO4-doped Bi2O3, after vacuum-annealing, resulted in more than 25-fold enhancement in the photoanodic current density to 1.06 mA/cm2 at 1.23 VRHE under AM1.5 G illumination. The PEC enhancement is credited mainly to the increased PEC surface active sites in the Na2MoO4-doped vacuum annealed sample. Confirmed by combined XPS and Mott-Schottky (M − S) analysis, vacuum annealing resulted in surface oxygen vacancies that can contribute to the photocatalytic activity. Besides, Na2MoO4-doping resulted in reduced dimensions of the dendritic structure, revealed by FE-SEM and XRD measurements, resulting in larger surface area and, therefore, larger surface/electrolyte contact. This dual strategy (metal doping + vacuum annealing) can be generalized to assemble photoanodes of other materials used for the production of solar fuels. Our results make a valuable step towards efficient Bi2O3/BiVO4 pn heterojunctions. [-]
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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 46, Issue 46, 6 July 2021, Pages 23702-23714Dades relacionades
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National Plan for Science,Technology and Innovation, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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