Surface treatment of hematite photoanodes with zinc acetate for water oxidation
A simple and inexpensive method to form a hematite photoanode for efficient water oxidation is reported. A very thin ZnO overlayer was deposited on top of a thin film of hematite and found, compared with non-treated hematite, to increase the photocurrent and reduce the onset potential for generating...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94963 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8303 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | A simple and inexpensive method to form a hematite photoanode for efficient water oxidation is reported. A very thin ZnO overlayer was deposited on top of a thin film of hematite and found, compared with non-treated hematite, to increase the photocurrent and reduce the onset potential for generating oxygen from water. After 3 cycles of ZnAc treatment, the photocurrent increased more than 40% to 1.08 mA/cm-2 at 0.23 V vs Ag/AgCl and onset potential for water oxidation shifted by -170 mV. It is proposed the ZnO overlayer changes the flat band potential of hematite and reduces the surface defects. |
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