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Oxynitride thin films versus particle-based photoanodes: a comparative study for photoelectrochemical solar water splitting

  • 1. Division for Research with Neutrons and Muons, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
  • 2. Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
  • 3. Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, Technical Chemistry I, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany
  • 4. Energy and Environment Research Division, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland

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The solar water splitting process assisted by semiconductor photocatalysts attracts growing research interests worldwide for the production of hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier. Due to their optical and electrical properties several oxynitride materials show great promise for the fabrication of efficient photocatalysts for solar water splitting. This study reports a comparative investigation of particle- and thin films-based photocatalysts using three different oxynitride materials. The absolute comparison of the photoelectrochemical activities favors the particle-based electrodes due to the better absorption properties and larger electrochemical surface area. However, thin films surpass the particle-based photoelectrodes due to their more suitable morphological features that improve the separation and mobility of the photo-generated charge carriers. Our analysis identifies what specific insights into the properties of materials can be achieved with the two complementary approaches.

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Preprint
F. Haydous, M. Döbeli, W. Si, F. Waag, F. Li, E. Pomjakushina, A. Wokaun, B. Gökce, D. Pergolesi, T. Lippert, arXiv:1902.07482 [physics.app-ph]

Journal reference
F. Haydous, M. Döbeli, W. Si, F. Waag, F. Li, E. Pomjakushina, A. Wokaun, B. Gökce, D. Pergolesi, T. Lippert, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2, 754−763 (2019), doi: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01811