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Boosting bulk charge transport of CuWO4 photoanodes via Cs doping for solar water oxidation

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Copper tungstate(CuWO4)is a promising photoanode for photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting due to its appropriate energy band position and broad light absorption range.However,the inherent unfilled 3d atomic orbital of Cu acts as a natural electron-hole recombination site,significantly constraining the PEC performance of CuWO4.Herein,Cs atoms with complete atomic orbitals are doped into CuWO4 in order to obtain better bulk charge separation capability.As a result,the photocurrent of Cs@CuWO4 increases from 0.57 to 0.99 mA cm-2 compared to CuWO4 at 1.23 V vs.reversible hydrogen electrode(RHE)under AM 1.5G illumination,as well as the bulk charge transfer efficiencies rising from 13.5%to 19.3%.In addition,density of states(DOS)calculations further prove that the introduction of Cs atoms effectively suppresses the contribution of Cu 3d orbitals at the Fermi level.This work offers a valuable reference for the advancement of CuWO4 as the next-generation PEC photoanode material.

PhotoanodeWater splittingPhotoelectrochemicalCharge separation

Xinyi Fan、Xiaojia Yuan、Kan Zhang

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School of Materials Science and Engineering,Nanjing University of Science and Technology,Nanjing,210094,China

国家自然科学基金江苏省自然科学基金

T2322013BK 20220079

2024

结构化学
中国化学会 中国科学院福建物质结构研究所

结构化学

影响因子:0.44
ISSN:0254-5861
年,卷(期):2024.43(2)
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