Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation from CdTe Photoanodes Annealed with CdCl2.

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2020
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Abstract
CdTe absorbs sunlight up to 830 nm and has the potential to promote efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. However, most CdTe photoanodes and CdTe photocathodes show positive and negative photocurrent onset potentials for water oxidation and reduction, respectively, and are thus unable to drive PEC water splitting without external applied biases. In this work, we enhanced the activity of a CdTe photoanode having an internal p-n junction during PEC water oxidation by applying a CdCl 2 annealing treatment together with surface modifications. The resulting CdTe photoanode generated photocurrents of 1.8 and 5.4 mA cm -2 at 0.6 and 1.2 V RHE , respectively, with a photoanodic current onset potential of 0.22 V RHE under simulated sunlight (AM 1.5G). The CdCl 2 annealing increased the grain sizes in this material and lowered the density of grain boundaries, allowing for more efficient charge separation. Consequently, a two-electrode tandem PEC cell comprising a CdTe-based photoanode and photocathode split water without any external bias at a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 0.51% at the beginning of the reaction.
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Authors Su, Jin;Hisatomi, Takashi;Minegishi, Tsutomu;Domen, Kazunari;
Journal angewandte chemie (international ed in english)
Year 2020
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10.1002/anie.202000688
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photoelectrochemistry p-n junction cdcl2 treatment overall water splitting photoanode

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