A microstructured p-Si photocathode outcompetes Pt as a counter electrode to hematite in photoelectrochemical water splitting. Kawde, A., Annamalai, A., Sellstedt, A., Glatzel, P., Wågberg, T., & Messinger, J. Dalton Transactions, 48(4):1166–1170, 2019.
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Herein we demonstrate that an earth-abundant semiconductor photocathode (p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x ) out-competes rare and expensive Pt as counter electrode to Fe-oxide for overall photoelectrochemical water splitting. , Herein, we communicate about an Earth-abundant semiconductor photocathode (p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x ) as an alternative for the rare and expensive Pt as a counter electrode for overall photoelectrochemical water splitting. The proposed photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting device mimics the “Z”-scheme observed in natural photosynthesis by combining two photoelectrodes in a parallel-illumination mode. A nearly 60% increase in the photocurrent density ( J ph ) for pristine α-Fe 2 O 3 and a 77% increase in the applied bias photocurrent efficiency (ABPE) were achieved by replacing the conventionally used Pt cathode with an efficient, cost effective p-Si/TiO 2 /NiO x photocathode under parallel illumination. The resulting photocurrent density of 1.26 mA cm −2 at 1.23 V RHE represents a new record performance for hydrothermally grown pristine α-Fe 2 O 3 nanorod photoanodes in combination with a photocathode, which opens the prospect for further improvement by doping α-Fe 2 O 3 or by its decoration with co-catalysts. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements suggest that this significant performance increase is due to the enhancement of the space-charge field in α-Fe 2 O 3 .
@article{kawde_microstructured_2019,
	title = {A microstructured p-{Si} photocathode outcompetes {Pt} as a counter electrode to hematite in photoelectrochemical water splitting},
	volume = {48},
	issn = {1477-9226, 1477-9234},
	url = {http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C8DT03653E},
	doi = {10.1039/C8DT03653E},
	abstract = {Herein we demonstrate that an earth-abundant semiconductor photocathode (p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              ) out-competes rare and expensive Pt as counter electrode to Fe-oxide for overall photoelectrochemical water splitting.
            
          , 
            
              Herein, we communicate about an Earth-abundant semiconductor photocathode (p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              ) as an alternative for the rare and expensive Pt as a counter electrode for overall photoelectrochemical water splitting. The proposed photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting device mimics the “Z”-scheme observed in natural photosynthesis by combining two photoelectrodes in a parallel-illumination mode. A nearly 60\% increase in the photocurrent density (
              J
              ph
              ) for pristine α-Fe
              2
              O
              3
              and a 77\% increase in the applied bias photocurrent efficiency (ABPE) were achieved by replacing the conventionally used Pt cathode with an efficient, cost effective p-Si/TiO
              2
              /NiO
              x
              photocathode under parallel illumination. The resulting photocurrent density of 1.26 mA cm
              −2
              at 1.23
              V
              RHE
              represents a new record performance for hydrothermally grown pristine α-Fe
              2
              O
              3
              nanorod photoanodes in combination with a photocathode, which opens the prospect for further improvement by doping α-Fe
              2
              O
              3
              or by its decoration with co-catalysts. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements suggest that this significant performance increase is due to the enhancement of the space-charge field in α-Fe
              2
              O
              3
              .},
	language = {en},
	number = {4},
	urldate = {2021-06-07},
	journal = {Dalton Transactions},
	author = {Kawde, Anurag and Annamalai, Alagappan and Sellstedt, Anita and Glatzel, Pieter and Wågberg, Thomas and Messinger, Johannes},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {1166--1170},
}

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