Engineering Surface Passivation and Hole Transport Layer on Hematite Photoanodes Enabling Robust Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation

Regulation of charge transport at the molecular level is essential to elucidating the kinetics of junction photoelectrodes across the heterointerface for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. Herein, an integrated photoanode as the prototype was constructed by use of a 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin-cobalt molecule (CoTCPP) and ZnO on hematite (α-Fe2O3) photoanode. CoTCPP molecules serve as a typical hole transport layer (HTL), accelerating the transport of the photogenerated holes to oxygen evolution cocatalysts (OECs). Meanwhile, ZnO as the surface passivation layer (SPL) can passivate the interfacial state and reduce the level of electron leakage from hematite into the electrolyte. After the integration of OECs, the state-of-the-art α-Fe2O3/ZnO/CoTCPP/OECs photoanode exhibits a distinguished photocurrent density and excellent stability in comparison with pristine α-Fe2O3. The simultaneous incorporation of a ZnO and CoTCPP dual interlayer can effectively modulate the interfacial photoinduced charge transfer for PEC reaction. This work provides in-depth insights into interfacial charge transfer across junction electrodes and identifies the critical roles of solar PEC conversion.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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ACS nano - (2024) vom: 11. Feb.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xie, Huimin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yurou [VerfasserIn]
Jiao, Yuye [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Lihua [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Shaobo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Jungang [VerfasserIn]

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Hematite photoanodes
Hole transport layer
Interfacial charge transfer
Journal Article
Photoelectrocatalytic water oxidation
Surface passivation layer

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Date Revised 12.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1021/acsnano.3c11638

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NLM368332519