Acid-Resistant BiVO4 Photoanodes: Insolubility Control by Solvents and Weak W Diffusion in the Lattice

Authors :: Tomohiko Nakajima
Hiroyuki Tateno
Yugo Miseki
Tetsuo Tsuchiya
Kazuhiro Sayama
Source :: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13:12079-12090
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021.
Abstract: We have revealed for the first time that BiVO4 photoanodes can be used even in strong acid media by mixing organic solvents into the electrolyte and depositing multilayers with a WO3 bottom layer. ...

Subjects :: Materials science
Diffusion
Mixing (process engineering)
Acid resistance
02 engineering and technology
Electrolyte
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Chemical engineering
Lattice (order)
Solar energy conversion
General Materials Science
0210 nano-technology
Layer (electronics)

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