Photo-electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral phosphate buffer and seawater using micro-structured p-Si photo-electrodes functionalized by solution-based methods. Kawde, A., Annamalai, A., Amidani, L., Boniolo, M., Kwong, W. L., Sellstedt, A., Glatzel, P., Wågberg, T., & Messinger, J. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2(10):2215–2223, 2018.
Photo-electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral phosphate buffer and seawater using micro-structured p-Si photo-electrodes functionalized by solution-based methods [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Micro-structured p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x allows for efficient photoelectrochemical H 2 production from seawater. , Solar fuels such as H 2 generated from sunlight and seawater using earth-abundant materials are expected to be a crucial component of a next generation renewable energy mix. We herein report a systematic analysis of the photo-electrochemical performance of TiO 2 coated, microstructured p-Si photo-electrodes (p-Si/TiO 2 ) that were functionalized with CoO x and NiO x for H 2 generation. These photocathodes were synthesized from commercial p-Si wafers employing wet chemical methods. In neutral phosphate buffer and standard 1 sun illumination, the p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x photoelectrode showed a photocurrent density of −1.48 mA cm −2 at zero bias (0 V RHE ), which was three times and 15 times better than the photocurrent densities of p-Si/TiO 2 /CoO x and p-Si/TiO 2 , respectively. No decline in activity was observed over a five hour test period, yielding a Faradaic efficiency of 96% for H 2 production. Based on the electrochemical characterizations and the high energy resolution fluorescence detected X-ray absorption near edge structure (HERFD-XANES) and emission spectroscopy measurements performed at the Ti Kα 1 fluorescence line, the superior performance of the p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x photoelectrode was attributed to improved charge transfer properties induced by the NiO x coating on the protective TiO 2 layer, in combination with a higher catalytic activity of NiO x for H 2 -evolution. Moreover, we report here an excellent photo-electrochemical performance of p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x photoelectrode in corrosive artificial seawater (pH 8.4) with an unprecedented photocurrent density of 10 mA cm −2 at an applied potential of −0.7 V RHE , and of 20 mA cm −2 at −0.9 V RHE . The applied bias photon-to-current conversion efficiency (ABPE) at −0.7 V RHE and 10 mA cm −2 was found to be 5.1%.
@article{kawde_photo-electrochemical_2018,
	title = {Photo-electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral phosphate buffer and seawater using micro-structured p-{Si} photo-electrodes functionalized by solution-based methods},
	volume = {2},
	issn = {2398-4902},
	url = {http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C8SE00291F},
	doi = {10.1039/C8SE00291F},
	abstract = {Micro-structured p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              allows for efficient photoelectrochemical H
              2
              production from seawater.
            
          , 
            
              Solar fuels such as H
              2
              generated from sunlight and seawater using earth-abundant materials are expected to be a crucial component of a next generation renewable energy mix. We herein report a systematic analysis of the photo-electrochemical performance of TiO
              2
              coated, microstructured p-Si photo-electrodes (p-Si/TiO
              2
              ) that were functionalized with CoO
              x
              and NiO
              x
              for H
              2
              generation. These photocathodes were synthesized from commercial p-Si wafers employing wet chemical methods. In neutral phosphate buffer and standard 1 sun illumination, the p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              photoelectrode showed a photocurrent density of −1.48 mA cm
              −2
              at zero bias (0 V
              RHE
              ), which was three times and 15 times better than the photocurrent densities of p-Si/TiO
              2
              /CoO
              x
              and p-Si/TiO
              2
              , respectively. No decline in activity was observed over a five hour test period, yielding a Faradaic efficiency of 96\% for H
              2
              production. Based on the electrochemical characterizations and the high energy resolution fluorescence detected X-ray absorption near edge structure (HERFD-XANES) and emission spectroscopy measurements performed at the Ti Kα
              1
              fluorescence line, the superior performance of the p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              photoelectrode was attributed to improved charge transfer properties induced by the NiO
              x
              coating on the protective TiO
              2
              layer, in combination with a higher catalytic activity of NiO
              x
              for H
              2
              -evolution. Moreover, we report here an excellent photo-electrochemical performance of p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              photoelectrode in corrosive artificial seawater (pH 8.4) with an unprecedented photocurrent density of 10 mA cm
              −2
              at an applied potential of −0.7 V
              RHE
              , and of 20 mA cm
              −2
              at −0.9 V
              RHE
              . The applied bias photon-to-current conversion efficiency (ABPE) at −0.7 V
              RHE
              and 10 mA cm
              −2
              was found to be 5.1\%.},
	language = {en},
	number = {10},
	urldate = {2021-06-07},
	journal = {Sustainable Energy \& Fuels},
	author = {Kawde, Anurag and Annamalai, Alagappan and Amidani, Lucia and Boniolo, Manuel and Kwong, Wai Ling and Sellstedt, Anita and Glatzel, Pieter and Wågberg, Thomas and Messinger, Johannes},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {2215--2223},
}

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