1. V-rich Bi2S3 nanowire with efficient charge separation and transport for high-performance and robust photoelectrochemical application under visible light.
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Geng, Yuan-Yuan, Tao, Chun-Lan, Duan, Shi-Fang, San Martin, Jovan, Lin, Yixiong, Zhu, Xiaolin, Zhang, Qian-Qian, Kang, Xiong-Wu, He, Sui-Sui, Zhao, Yi-Xin, Li, Xin, Niu, Li, Qin, Dong-Dong, Yan, Yong, and Han, Dong-Xue
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VISIBLE spectra , *PHOTOCATHODES , *BAND gaps , *METAL sulfides , *INTERSTITIAL hydrogen generation , *CHARGE transfer , *NANOWIRES , *SEMICONDUCTOR nanowires - Abstract
• Multitude advances were found for V-rich Bi 2 S 3 nanowire than pristine Bi 2 S 3 photoelectrode. • V-rich Bi 2 S 3 nanowires achieve excellent photocurrent density for water splitting under visible light. • Deep insights on how the V-rich feature affects the PEC performance of Bi 2 S 3. Bi 2 S 3 is a n-type (negative type) semiconductor that has a narrow band gap and an ideal band edge position for hydrogen generation. However, high charge recombination rate, low photoelectrochemical (PEC) efficiency and poor stability are of major concerns of Bi 2 S 3 as a photoelectrode. Herein, we report an efficient Vanadium-rich Bi 2 S 3 nanowires (atomic ratio of V to Bi is 1/22) that have been prepared on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate by an in-situ solution-processed reaction with BiVO 4 film as precursor. The resulting V-rich photoelectrode demonstrates notably high charge separation efficiency and fast charge transport with respect to pristine Bi 2 S 3 nanowires. As a result, the photocurrent density of ca. 10 mA·cm−2 at -0.2 V vs Ag/AgCl is obtained under visible light illumination. In addition, V-rich Bi 2 S 3 generates IPCE (incident photocurrent-to-current conversion efficiency) of 50% at 460 nm and 45% at 760 nm, demonstrating a 2.0 and 2.8-fold increase, respectively, when compared with pristine Bi 2 S 3. This enhancement is probably due to increased light absorption, less charge recombination, and faster charge transfer. More importantly, in contrast to pristine Bi 2 S 3 sample that suffers detrimental photocorrosion in sulfide containing electrolyte, V-rich Bi 2 S 3 nanowires retain 84.6% of its initial photocurrent over the course of 1 h. These findings are expected to shed light on engineering high-performance and robust metal sulfide materials for photoelectrochemical application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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