Direct growth of uniform carbon nitride layers with extended optical absorption towards efficient water-splitting photoanodes

Jiani Qin; Jesús Barrio; Guiming Peng; Jonathan Tzadikov; Liel Abisdris; Michael Volokh; Menny Shalom

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18535-0

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Direct growth of uniform carbon nitride layers with extended optical absorption towards efficient water-splitting photoanodes

Jiani Qin,
Jesús Barrio,
Guiming Peng,
Jonathan Tzadikov,
Liel Abisdris,
Michael Volokh,
Menny Shalom

Affiliations

Jiani Qin: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Jesús Barrio: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Guiming Peng: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Jonathan Tzadikov: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Liel Abisdris: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Michael Volokh: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Menny Shalom: Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18535-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) can convert sunlight and water directly to a hydrogen fuel. Here a robust metal-free carbon nitride-based layer is used as an efficient photoanode for water-splitting PEC.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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