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Title: | Efficiency Enhancement in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Defect Passivation and Boosted Charge Transfer Kinetics of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures Via Chalcopyrite/Chalcogenide Mix Sensitization | Authors: | Altaf, Çiğdem Tuç Abdullayeva, Nazrin Coşkun, Özlem Kumtepe, Alihan Yıldırı, İpek Deniz Erdem, Emre Liu, Maochang |
Keywords: | Hydrogen-Production Zno Nanoparticles Nanorod Arrays Solar Photoluminescence Cuins2 Emission Growth Photocathodes Performance |
Publisher: | Amer Physical Soc | Abstract: | ZnO thin films in nanorod (NR) and nanoflower (NF) morphologies were used as photoelectrode scaffolds for efficient visible-light-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting process, where their decoration with copper indium gallium sulfide (CIGS) and indium sulfide (In2S3) layers resulted in significant PEC performance enhancement. ZnO NF/CIGS/In2S3 photoelectrodes exhibited a remarkably high PEC efficiency (similar to 6.0% applied bias photon-to-current efficiency, 83% incident photon-to-current efficiency) due to the negligible dark current, while ZnO NR/CIGS/In2S3 generated a photocurrent density of 30.0 mA.cm(-2) at 0.4 V (vs Ag/AgCl), being one of the highest performances reported in the literature for copper-based chalcopyrite photoelectrodes so far. The interfacial photoelectrode-electrolyte charge transport dynamics, investigated via intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy, exhibited a sevenfold increase in charge transfer efficiencies with a significant drop in surface recombination kinetics for ZnO NF after CIGS/In2S3 decoration. The obtained results show consistency with numerically modeled electric field distribution profiles and electron paramagnetic resonance results of ZnO NF, rationalizing the enhanced charge transfer rates for decorated samples and confirming the defect passivating nature of CIGS/In2S3. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.125403 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/8159 |
ISSN: | 2475-9953 |
Appears in Collections: | Elektrik ve Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Material Science & Nanotechnology Engineering Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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