Simultaneous enhancements in photon absorption and charge transport of bismuth vanadate photoanodes for solar water splitting
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Simultaneous enhancements in photon absorption and charge transport of bismuth vanadate photoanodes for solar water splitting
n-Type bismuth vanadate has been identified as one of the most promising photoanodes for use in a water-splitting photoelectrochemical cell. The major limitation of BiVO4 is its relatively wide bandgap (∼2.5 eV), which fundamentally limits its solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency. Here we show that annealing nanoporous bismuth vanadate electrodes at 350 °C under nitrogen flow can result in n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9769