Nature Communications (Jul 2016)
Mechanistic insights into chemical and photochemical transformations of bismuth vanadate photoanodes
- Francesca M. Toma,
- Jason K. Cooper,
- Viktoria Kunzelmann,
- Matthew T. McDowell,
- Jie Yu,
- David M. Larson,
- Nicholas J. Borys,
- Christine Abelyan,
- Jeffrey W. Beeman,
- Kin Man Yu,
- Jinhui Yang,
- Le Chen,
- Matthew R. Shaner,
- Joshua Spurgeon,
- Frances A. Houle,
- Kristin A. Persson,
- Ian D. Sharp
Affiliations
- Francesca M. Toma
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Jason K. Cooper
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Viktoria Kunzelmann
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Matthew T. McDowell
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology
- Jie Yu
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- David M. Larson
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Nicholas J. Borys
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Christine Abelyan
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Jeffrey W. Beeman
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Kin Man Yu
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Jinhui Yang
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Le Chen
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Matthew R. Shaner
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology
- Joshua Spurgeon
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology
- Frances A. Houle
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Kristin A. Persson
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ian D. Sharp
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12012
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Metal oxide semiconductors are promising materials for solar energy capture but can suffer from stability problems. Here, the authors present a methodology for evaluating corrosion mechanisms and apply it to BiVO4, revealing chemical instabilities that are not predicted from thermodynamic considerations alone.
