One-step preparation of the BiVO4 film photoelectrode

Lucia H. Mascaro, Adam Pockett, John M. Mitchels, Laurence M. Peter, Petra J. Cameron, Veronica Celorrio, David J. Fermin, Jagdeep S. Sagu, K. G Upul Wijayantha, Gabriele Kociok-Kohn, Frank Marken

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Abstract

A one-step method of preparing photoelectrochemically active nanostructured BiVO4 films is reported based on thermolysis (500 °C in air) of a polyethylene glycol (PEG300) “paint-on” precursor solution containing Bi3+ (as nitrate) and VO43− (as the metavanadate ammonium salt). Films are formed directly on tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) substrates and characterised by electron microscopy (scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS)), X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and photoelectrochemistry. The nanocrystalline film exhibited typically up to 52 % incident photon to current efficiency (IPCE) at 1.0 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE) in aqueous 0.5 M Na2SO4 with oxalate, strongly enhancing photocurrents.


Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31-35
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Solid State Electrochemistry
Volume19
Issue number1
Early online date22 May 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2015

Keywords

  • Nanostructure
  • Oxygen evolution
  • Photoanode
  • Solar energy
  • Vanadium oxide
  • Water splitting

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