BiVO4-Based Heterojunction Photocathode for High-Performance Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide ProductionShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Nano Letters, ISSN 1530-6984, E-ISSN 1530-6992, Vol. 24, no 20, p. 6051-6060Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells provide a promising solution for the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Herein, an integrated photocathode of p-type BiVO4 (p-BVO) array with tetragonal zircon structure coupled with different metal oxide (MOx, M = Sn, Ti, Ni, and Zn) heterostructure and NiNC cocatalyst (p-BVO/MOx/NiNC) was synthesized for the PEC oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in production of H2O2. The p-BVO/SnO2/NiNC array achieves the production rate 65.46 μmol L–1 h–1 of H2O2 with a Faraday efficiency (FE) of 76.12%. Combined with the H2O2 generation of water oxidation from the n-type Mo-doped BiVO4 (n-Mo:BVO) photoanode, the unbiased photoelectrochemical cell composed of a p-BVO/SnO2/NiNC photocathode and n-Mo:BVO photoanode achieves a total FE of 97.67% for H2O2 generation. The large area BiVO4-based tandem cell of 3 × 3 cm2 can reach a total H2O2 production yield of 338.84 μmol L–1. This work paves the way for the rational design and fabrication of artificial photosynthetic cells for the production of liquid solar fuel.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2024. Vol. 24, no 20, p. 6051-6060
Keywords [en]
artificial photosynthetic cells, BiVO4-based tandem system, photoanode, photocathode, photoelectrochemical H2O2 production
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-366882DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00901ISI: 001229348600001PubMedID: 38682868Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85192216035OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-366882DiVA, id: diva2:1983493
Note
QC 20250711
2025-07-112025-07-112025-07-11Bibliographically approved