A heterojunction photoanode of Fe2O3 loaded on a WO3 film on a fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate(FTO-WO3/Fe2O3)was prepared via a simple hydrothermal and chemical vapor deposition(CVD)growth method.The photoanode sho...A heterojunction photoanode of Fe2O3 loaded on a WO3 film on a fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate(FTO-WO3/Fe2O3)was prepared via a simple hydrothermal and chemical vapor deposition(CVD)growth method.The photoanode showed higher photoelectrochemical(PEC)water-splitting activity than that of the pristine FTO-WO3 under simulated sunlight because of the synergistic effect of Fe2O3 and WO3.The as-synthesized material was characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).The photocurrent density was estimated by linear sweep voltammetry and further confirmed using intensity-modulated photocurrent spectra.Experiments demonstrated that the coated Fe2O3 enhanced the separation and migration efficiencies of the photoinduced electrons and holes,improving the PEC water-splitting properties.The FTO-WO3/Fe2O3 photoanode showed a 1.25 times enhancement in photocurrent density compared with FTO-WO3.This result suggests that facile chemical vapor deposition growth is an effective way to fabricate heterojunctions and improve the properties of WO3 photoanodes for PEC water-splitting applications.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51672143 and 51808303)Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation(ZR2019BEE027,ZR2017MEM018,ZR2018BEM002)+2 种基金Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong ProvinceOutstanding Youth of Natural Science in Shandong Province(JQ201713)Australian Research Council Discovery Project(No.170103317)。
文摘A heterojunction photoanode of Fe2O3 loaded on a WO3 film on a fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate(FTO-WO3/Fe2O3)was prepared via a simple hydrothermal and chemical vapor deposition(CVD)growth method.The photoanode showed higher photoelectrochemical(PEC)water-splitting activity than that of the pristine FTO-WO3 under simulated sunlight because of the synergistic effect of Fe2O3 and WO3.The as-synthesized material was characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).The photocurrent density was estimated by linear sweep voltammetry and further confirmed using intensity-modulated photocurrent spectra.Experiments demonstrated that the coated Fe2O3 enhanced the separation and migration efficiencies of the photoinduced electrons and holes,improving the PEC water-splitting properties.The FTO-WO3/Fe2O3 photoanode showed a 1.25 times enhancement in photocurrent density compared with FTO-WO3.This result suggests that facile chemical vapor deposition growth is an effective way to fabricate heterojunctions and improve the properties of WO3 photoanodes for PEC water-splitting applications.
