The promotion effect of surface negative electrostatic field on the photogenerated charge separation of BiVO4 and its contribution to the enhanced PEC water oxidation.

نویسندگان

  • Mingzheng Xie
  • Ji Bian
  • Muhammad Humayun
  • Yang Qu
  • Yujie Feng
  • Liqiang Jing
چکیده

The increased surface-carried negative charge of BiVO4 after phosphate modification prolongs the photogenerated charge carrier lifetime and improves the separation by inducing the holes to transfer to the surface, leading to the obvious enhancement of visible light activities for PEC water oxidation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chemical communications

دوره 51 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015