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Boosting interfacial charge transfer for efficient water-splitting photoelectrodes: progress in bismuth vanadate photoanodes using various strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2018

Taemin Ludvic Kim ,
Min-Ju Choi  and
Ho Won Jang
Taemin Ludvic Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Min-Ju Choi
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Ho Won Jang*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Address all correspondence to Ho Won Jang at [email protected]
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Abstract

Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is regarded as a viable material for water oxidation due to various benefits such as visible light absorption, low production cost, and resistance to photocorrosion. Recently, numerous attempts have been adopted to improve the performance of BiVO4. In this work, we highlight the important strategies that have been made for improving the performance of the photoanode material, such as fabricating nanostructured electrode, controlling reacting facet, stacking with other materials, utilizing plasmonics, loading co-catalyst, and controlling the interfacial band bending with ferroelectrics. Taking advantage of the strategies, highly efficient BiVO4 photoelectrodes could be demonstrated. Finally, we discuss the perspective of BiVO4-based photoanodes.

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MRS Communications , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 809 - 822
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