Acid Treatment Enables Suppression of Electron-Hole Recombination in Hematite for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Yang, Yi, Forster, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-8077-7690, Ling, Yichuan, Wang, Gongming, Zhai, Teng, Tong, Yexiang, Cowan, Alexander ORCID: 0000-0001-9032-3548 and Li, Yat (2016) Acid Treatment Enables Suppression of Electron-Hole Recombination in Hematite for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. (In Press)

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Abstract

We report a new strategy for efficient suppression of electron-hole recombination in hematite photoanodes. Acid-treated hematite show substantially enhanced photocurrent density compared to untreated samples. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies reveal that the enhanced photocurrent is partly due to improved efficiency of charge separation. Transient absorption spectroscopic studies coupled to electrochemical measurements indicate that in addition to improved bulk electrochemical properties, acid treated hematite has significantly decreased surface electron-hole recombination losses due to a greater yield of the trapped photoelectrons being extracted to the external circuit.

Item Type:	Article
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Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2016 16:26
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2022 04:44
DOI:	10.1002/anie.201510869R1
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2048990