Enhancement in the performance of ultrathin hematite photoanode for water splitting by an oxide underlayer.

Hisatomi, Takashi; Dotan, Hen; Stefik, Morgan; Sivula, Kevin; Rothschild, Avner; Grätzel, Michaël; Mathews, Nripan · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A 2-nm thick Nb(2)O(5) underlayer deposited by atomic layer deposition increases the charge separation efficiency and the photovoltage of ultrathin hematite films by suppressing electron back injection. Absorbed photon-to-current efficiencies (APCE) as high as 40%, which are one of the highest ever reported with hematite photoanodes, are obtained at 400 nm at +1.43 V vs. RHE.

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