Single-source bismuth (transition metal) polyoxovanadate precursors for the scalable synthesis of doped BiVO4 photoanodes
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Single-source precursors are used to produce nanostructured BiVO4 photoanodes for water oxidation in a straightforward and scalable drop-casting synthetic process. Polyoxometallate precursors, which contain both Bi and V, are produced in a one-step reaction from commercially available starting materials. Simple annealing of the molecular precursor produces nanocrystalline BiVO4 films. The precursor can be designed to incorporate a third metal (Co, Ni, Cu, or Zn), enabling the direct formation of doped BiVO4 films. In particular, the Co- and Zn-doped photoanodes show promise for photoelectrochemical water oxidation, with photocurrent densities >1 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Using this simple synthetic process, a 300 cm2 Co-BiVO4 photoanode is produced, which generates a photocurrent of up to 67 mA at 1.23 V vs RHE and demonstrates the scalability of this approach.
Date Issued
2018-10-04
Date Acceptance
2018-08-12
Citation
Advanced Materials, 2018, 30 (46)
ISSN
0935-9648
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Materials
Volume
30
Issue
46
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Imperial College London
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30285284
Subjects
BiVO4
doping
polyoxovanadate
single-source precursor
water oxidation
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Germany
Article Number
e1804033
Date Publish Online
2018-10-04