Solar H₂ generation in water with a CuCrO₂ photocathode modified with an organic dye and molecular Ni catalyst.

ABSTRACT: Dye-sensitised photoelectrochemical (DSPEC) cells have emerged in recent years as a route to solar fuel production. However, fuel-forming photocathodes are presently limited by photo-corrodible narrow band gap semiconductors or the small range of available wide bandgap p-type semiconductors such as NiO that display low performance with dyes. Here, we introduce CuCrO₂ as a suitable p-type semiconductor for visible light-driven H₂ generation upon co-immobilisation of a phosphonated diketopyrrolopyrrole dye with a Ni-bis(diphosphine) catalyst. The hybrid CuCrO₂ photocathode displays an early photocurrent onset potential of +0.75 V vs. RHE and delivers a photocurrent of 15 μA cm^-2 at 0.0 V vs. RHE in pH 3 aqueous electrolyte solution un

SUBMITTER: Creissen CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875021 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature