The serious surface charge recombination and fatigued photogenerated carriers transfer of the BiVO_(4)photoanode restrict its photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting performance.In this work,nickel fluoride(NiF_(2))i...The serious surface charge recombination and fatigued photogenerated carriers transfer of the BiVO_(4)photoanode restrict its photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting performance.In this work,nickel fluoride(NiF_(2))is applied to revamp pure BiVO_(4)photoanode by using a facile electrodeposition method.As a result,the asprepared NiF_(2)/BiVO_(4)photoanode increases the dramatic photocurrent density by approximately 180%compared with the pristine BiVO_(4)photoanode.Furthermore,the correlative photon-to-current conversion efficiency,the charge injection,and the separation efficiency,as well as the hydrogen generation of the composite photoanode have been memorably enhanced due to the synergy of NiF_(2)and BiVO_(4).This study may furnish a dependable guidance in fabricating the fluoride-based compound/semiconductor composite photoanode system.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC0602306)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21808189)National Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province(Grant No.20JR5RA523).
文摘The serious surface charge recombination and fatigued photogenerated carriers transfer of the BiVO_(4)photoanode restrict its photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting performance.In this work,nickel fluoride(NiF_(2))is applied to revamp pure BiVO_(4)photoanode by using a facile electrodeposition method.As a result,the asprepared NiF_(2)/BiVO_(4)photoanode increases the dramatic photocurrent density by approximately 180%compared with the pristine BiVO_(4)photoanode.Furthermore,the correlative photon-to-current conversion efficiency,the charge injection,and the separation efficiency,as well as the hydrogen generation of the composite photoanode have been memorably enhanced due to the synergy of NiF_(2)and BiVO_(4).This study may furnish a dependable guidance in fabricating the fluoride-based compound/semiconductor composite photoanode system.
