Electrosprayed heterojunction WO3/BiVO4 films with nanotextured pillar structure for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting
- Authors
- Mali, Mukund G.; Yoon, Hyun; Kim, Min-woo; Swihart, Mark T.; Al-Deyab, Salem S.; Yoon, Sam S.
- Issue Date
- 13-4월-2015
- Publisher
- AMER INST PHYSICS
- Citation
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, v.106, no.15
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
- Volume
- 106
- Number
- 15
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/93847
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4918583
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- Abstract
- We demonstrate that the addition of a tungsten oxide (WO3) layer beneath a bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) photocatalyst layer with a nanotextured pillar morphology significantly increases the photocurrent density in photoelectrochemical water splitting. The WO3-BiVO4 bilayer films produced a photocurrent of up to 3.3 mA/cm(2) under illumination at 100 mW/cm(2) (AM1.5 spectrum). The bilayer film was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoelectrochemical methods, which confirmed the superiority of the bilayer film in terms of its morphology and charge separation and transport ability. Both WO3 and BiVO4 were deposited by electrostatic spraying under open-air conditions, which resulted in nanotextured pillars of BiVO4 atop a smooth WO3 film. The optimal coating conditions are also reported. (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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