What is it about?
Solar fuel production in a photoelectrochemical cell
Featured Image
Why is it important?
The rational assembly of photo-sensitizers and catalysts simultaneously onto the semiconductor photoanodes is a challenging mission. We modified the prevailing BiVO4 photoanode with LDHs which possess multiple functionalities and a unique two-dimensional (2D) structure. The composite photoanode exhibited significantly enhanced PEC performance.
Perspectives
This work opens up a new pathway to improve the PEC performance of photoanodes by functionality-integrated structural design. The LDH@semiconductor structure could be further optimized by interfacial engineering for constructing high-efficiency photoanodes.
Xu Xiang
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation on a BiVO4 photoanode modified with multi-functional layered double hydroxide nanowalls, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta04105h.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
