An in situ fluorine and ex situ titanium two-step co-doping strategy for efficient solar water splitting by hematite photoanodes.

ABSTRACT: A unique two-step co-doping strategy of in situ fluorine doping followed by ex situ titanium doping enhances the performance of the hematite photoanode in photoelectrochemical water splitting much more effectively than single-step co-doping strategies that are either all in situ or all ex situ. The optimized fluorine, titanium co-doped Fe₂O₃ photoanode without any cocatalyst achieves 1.61 mA cm^-2 at 1.23 V_RHE under 100 mW cm^-2 solar irradiation, which is ∼2 and 3 times those of titanium or fluorine singly-doped Fe₂O₃ photoanodes, respectively. The promotional effect is attributed to the synergy of the two dopants, in which the doped fluorine anion substitutes oxygen of Fe₂O

SUBMITTER: Kang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418710 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature