Efficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: XRD characterization and SEM images of CoPi-modified and unmodified BiVO4, continuous illumination J–V curves, transient absorption fit results, and transient absorption decays measured as a function of excitation intensities. See DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05826k Click here for additional data file.

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  • Yimeng Ma
  • Florian Le Formal
  • Andreas Kafizas
  • Stephanie R. Pendlebury
  • James R. Durrant
چکیده

In this paper, we compared for the first time the dynamics of photogenerated holes in BiVO4 photoanodes with and without CoPi surface modification, employing transient absorption and photocurrent measurements on microsecond to second timescales. CoPi surface modification is known to cathodically shift the water oxidation onset potential; however, the reason for this improvement has not until now been fully understood. The transient absorption and photocurrent data were analyzed using a simple kinetic model, which allows quantification of the competition between electron/hole recombination and water oxidation. The results of this model are shown to be in excellent agreement with the measured photocurrent data. We demonstrate that the origin of the improvement of photocurrent onset resulting from CoPi treatment is primarily due to retardation of back electron/hole recombination across the space charge layer; no evidence of catalytic water oxidation via CoPi was observed.

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Efficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes

Department of Chemistry, Imperial Colle London, SW7 2AZ, UK. E-mail: j.durrant@im Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of O Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Écol (EPFL), Station 6, CH H4 565, Lausanne 10 † Electronic supplementary information (E SEM images of CoPi-modied and unmo J–V curves, transient absorption t resu measured as a function of excitation inten Cite this: J. Mater. Chem. A,...

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دوره 3  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015