One-step preparation of the BiVO4 film photoelectrode

LuciaH. Mascaro; Adam Pockett; JohnM. Mitchels; LaurenceM. Peter; PetraJ. Cameron; Veronica Celorrio; JagdeepS. Sagu; K.G.Upul Wijayantha; Gabriele Kociok-Köhn; Frank Marken; David J Fermin

doi:10.1007/s10008-014-2495-y

One-step preparation of the BiVO4 film photoelectrode

LuciaH. Mascaro, Adam Pockett, JohnM. Mitchels, LaurenceM. Peter, PetraJ. Cameron, Veronica Celorrio, JagdeepS. Sagu, K.G.Upul Wijayantha, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn, Frank Marken, David J Fermin

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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 VO4 3− (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.

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Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Solid State Electrochem
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2495-y
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Keywords

Water splitting
Photoanode
Oxygen evolution
Solar energy
Vanadium oxide
Nanostructure

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