Effects of low oxygen annealing on the photoelectrochemical water splitting properties of alpha-Fe2O3
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/no/content/articlehtml/2020/ta/c9ta10358a" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/no/content/articlehtml/2020/ta/c9ta10358a</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ta10358a" target="_blank" >10.1039/c9ta10358a</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effects of low oxygen annealing on the photoelectrochemical water splitting properties of alpha-Fe2O3
Original language description
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising method for converting solar energy into chemical energy stored in the form of hydrogen. Nanostructured hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) is one of the most attractive materials for highly efficient charge carrier generation and collection, due to its large specific surface area and shortened minority carrier diffusion length required to reach the surface. In the present work, PEC water splitting performance of alpha-Fe2O3 prepared by anodization of thin iron layers on FTO glass and subsequent annealing in a low O-2-Ar atmosphere with only 0.03% O-2 was investigated. The key finding is that annealing anodic nanostructures with a low oxygen concentration provides a strongly enhanced PEC performance compared with classical air annealing. The photocurrent of the former at 1.5 V vs. RHE results in 1.1 mA cm(-2), being 11 times higher than that of the latter. The enhancement of the PEC performance of alpha-Fe2O3 annealed in a low oxygen atmosphere can be attributed to the controlled morphology, Sn doping, and introduction of oxygen vacancies, which contribute to the enhancement of the hole flux from the photogenerated site to the reactive surface and additionally lead to an enhanced hole transfer at the interface between alpha-Fe2O3 and the electrolyte. From the obtained results, it is evident that low oxygen annealing is a surprisingly effective method of defect engineering and optimizing alpha-Fe2O3 electrodes for a maximized PEC water splitting performance.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10405 - Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000416" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000416: Advanced Hybrid Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
ISSN
2050-7488
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1315-1325
UT code for WoS article
000508855700040
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85078707623