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A Facile Electrochemical Reduction Method for Improving Photocatalytic Performance of α-Fe 2 O 3 Photoanode for Solar Water Splitting.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017 January 12
Electrochemical reduction method is used for the first time to significantly improve the photo-electrochemical performance of α-Fe2 O3 photoanode prepared on fluorine-doped tin oxide substrates by spin-coating aqueous solution of Fe(NO3 )3 followed by thermal annealing in air. Photocurrent density of α-Fe2 O3 thin film photoanode can be enhanced 25 times by partially reducing the oxide film to form more conductive Fe3 O4 (magnetite). Fe3 O4 helps facilitate efficient charge transport and collection from the top α-Fe2 O3 layer upon light absorption and charge separation to yield enhanced photocurrent density. The optimal enhancement can be obtained for <50 nm films because of the short charge transport distance for the α-Fe2 O3 layer. Thick α-Fe2 O3 films require more charge and overpotential than thinner films to achieve limited enhancement because of the sluggish charge transport over a longer distance to oxidize water. Electrochemical reduction of α-Fe2 O3 in unbuffered pH-neutral solution yields much higher but unstable photocurrent enhancement because of the increase in local pH value accompanied by proton reduction at a hematite surface.
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