Enhancing Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Using Ferromagnetic Materials and Magnetic Fields.

ABSTRACT: Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting provides a promising strategy for H₂ production. However, its performance is limited by severe carrier recombination and sluggish water oxidation kinetics. While numerous strategies, namely, elemental doping, morphology engineering, heterojunction formation, and catalyst modification, have been extensively explored to enhance the PEC performance, the application of external magnetic fields (MFs) to affect the catalysis or charge carrier dynamics remains yet to be exploited. Herein, BiVO₄ is first selected as a representative photoanode, demonstrating that an ultrathin ferromagnetic coating based on Fe₂TiO₅, when combined with an external MF, boosts its solar water oxidation performance. The combined anal

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12312158 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature