Black phosphorene as a hole extraction layer boosting solar water splitting of oxygen evolution catalysts

Kan Zhang; Bingjun Jin; Cheolwoo Park; Yoonjun Cho; Xiufeng Song; Xinjian Shi; Shengli Zhang; Wooyul Kim; Haibo Zeng; Jong Hyeok Park

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10034-1

Nature Communications (May 2019)

Black phosphorene as a hole extraction layer boosting solar water splitting of oxygen evolution catalysts

Kan Zhang,
Bingjun Jin,
Cheolwoo Park,
Yoonjun Cho,
Xiufeng Song,
Xinjian Shi,
Shengli Zhang,
Wooyul Kim,
Haibo Zeng,
Jong Hyeok Park

Affiliations

Kan Zhang: MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Material and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Bingjun Jin: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University
Cheolwoo Park: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University
Yoonjun Cho: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University
Xiufeng Song: MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Material and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Xinjian Shi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Shengli Zhang: MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Material and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Wooyul Kim: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University
Haibo Zeng: MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Material and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Jong Hyeok Park: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10034-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Photoelectrochemical water splitting affords an integrated approach for converting light to fuel, but devices typically suffer poor activities and stabilities. Here, authors incorporate black phosphorene into bismuth vanadate photoanodes to boost hole extraction and device lifetimes.

Published in Nature Communications

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