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Effect of Interfacial SiO_x Defects on the Functional Properties of Si-Transition Metal Oxide Photoanodes for Water Splitting.

ABSTRACT: The transfer of photogenerated charges through interfaces in heterojunction photoanodes is a key process that controls the efficiency of solar water splitting. Considering Co₃O₄/SiO_x/Si photoanodes prepared by physical vapor deposition as a representative case study, it is shown that defects normally present in the native SiO_x layer dramatically affect the onset of the photocurrent. Electron paramagnetic resonance indicates that the signal of defects located in dangling bonds of trivalent Si atoms at the Si/SiO_x interface vanishes upon vacuum annealing at 850 °C. Correspondingly, the photovoltage of the photoanode increases to ≈500 mV. Similar results are obtained for NiO/SiO_x/Si photoanodes. Photoelectrochemical analysis and impedance spectroscopy (in solution and in the solid state) indicate how the defect annealing modifies the Co₃O₄/SiO_x/Si junction. This work shows that defect annealing at the solid-solid interface in composite photoanodes strongly improves the efficiency of charge transfer through interfaces, which is the basis for effective solar-to-chemical energy conversion.

SUBMITTER: Ragonese P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10571009 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Interfacial SiOx Defects on the Functional Properties of Si-Transition Metal Oxide Photoanodes for Water Splitting.

Ragonese P P Kalinic B B Franco L L Girardi L L Fernández Peréz B M BM Carbonera D D Mattei G G Rizzi G-A GA Maurizio C C

ACS applied materials & interfaces 20231002 40

The transfer of photogenerated charges through interfaces in heterojunction photoanodes is a key process that controls the efficiency of solar water splitting. Considering Co3O4/SiOx/Si photoanodes prepared by physical vapor deposition as a representative case study, it is shown that defects normally present in the native SiOx layer dramatically affect the onset of the photocurrent. Electron paramagnetic resonance indicates that the signa ...[more]

PMID: 37782757

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