Multiple roles for LaFeO3 in enhancing the Photoelectrochemical performance of WO3
2023
Li, Yanxin | Tang, Shimiao | Sheng, Hongbin | Li, Can | Li, Haiyan | Dong, Bohua | Cao, Lixin
For photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, constructing heterojunctions and loading co-catalysts are effective means to realizing sufficient light absorption, effective photogenerated carrier separation and fast charge transport. However, during implementation, the PEC performance of the catalyst is affected by both parasitic light absorption and reflection and the change in energy band structure due to the creation of new interfaces. Herein, in order to minimize the effect of recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs on the catalyst PEC performance due to the nascent interface arising from the co-catalyst compounding, WO₃ and Ni/Co co-doped LaFeO₃ (LFO) are constructed as heterojunctions, in which NiCo-LFO acts both as a part of the heterojunction to enhance photogenerated carrier separation and a co-catalyst to enhance the conductivity and modulate the surface state density at the catalyst-electrolyte interface. The current density of NiCo-LFO/WO₃ reaches 3.92 mA cm⁻², which is more than 7 times that of LFO/WO₃. This work provides a reference for the efficient water splitting of B-site doped, especially the co-doped perovskite oxide as multifunctional roles integrated with conventional photoelectrodes.
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