Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting

Yu Qi; Jiangwei Zhang; Yuan Kong; Yue Zhao; Shanshan Chen; Deng Li; Wei Liu; Yifan Chen; Tengfeng Xie; Junyan Cui; Can Li; Kazunari Domen; Fuxiang Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28146-6

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting

Yu Qi,
Jiangwei Zhang,
Yuan Kong,
Yue Zhao,
Shanshan Chen,
Deng Li,
Wei Liu,
Yifan Chen,
Tengfeng Xie,
Junyan Cui,
Can Li,
Kazunari Domen,
Fuxiang Zhang

Affiliations

Yu Qi: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiangwei Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuan Kong: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yue Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanshan Chen: Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University
Deng Li: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Liu: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yifan Chen: College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Tengfeng Xie: College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Junyan Cui: School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University
Can Li: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kazunari Domen: Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University
Fuxiang Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28146-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Artificial photosynthesis offers an integrated means to convert light to fuel, but efficiencies are often low. Here, authors report a Z-scheme system utilizing Ir and FeCoOx co-catalysts to enhance charge separation on BiVO4 facets that achieves high quantum efficiencies for overall water splitting.

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