Stable solar-driven oxidation of water by semiconducting photoanodes protected by transparent catalytic nickel oxide films

被引:179
作者
Sun, Ke [1 ,3 ]
Saadi, Fadl H. [2 ,3 ]
Lichterman, Michael F. [1 ,3 ]
Hale, William G. [3 ,4 ]
Wang, Hsin-Ping [5 ]
Zhou, Xinghao [2 ,3 ]
Plymale, Noah T. [1 ]
Omelchenko, Stefan T. [2 ,3 ]
He, Jr-Hau [5 ]
Papadantonakis, Kimberly M. [1 ,3 ]
Brunschwig, Bruce S. [3 ,6 ]
Lewis, Nathan S. [1 ,3 ,6 ,7 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Div Chem & Chem Engn, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] CALTECH, Div Engn & Appl Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[3] CALTECH, Joint Ctr Artificial Photosynth, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[4] Univ Southampton, Dept Chem, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[5] King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Comp Elect & Math Sci & Engn Div, Thuwal 239556900, Saudi Arabia
[6] CALTECH, Beckman Inst, Mol Mat Res Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[7] CALTECH, Kavli Nanosci Inst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
electrocatalysis; solar-driven water oxidation; photoanode stabilization; nickel oxide; ANODIC-OXIDATION; SILICON; EFFICIENCY; EVOLUTION; SI; NIO;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.1423034112
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Reactively sputtered nickel oxide (NiOx) films provide transparent, antireflective, electrically conductive, chemically stable coatings that also are highly active electrocatalysts for the oxidation of water to O-2(g). These NiOx coatings provide protective layers on a variety of technologically important semiconducting photoanodes, including textured crystalline Si passivated by amorphous silicon, crystalline n-type cadmium telluride, and hydrogenated amorphous silicon. Under anodic operation in 1.0 M aqueous potassium hydroxide (pH 14) in the presence of simulated sunlight, the NiOx films stabilized all of these self-passivating, high-efficiency semiconducting photoelectrodes for >100 h of sustained, quantitative solar-driven oxidation of water to O-2(g).
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页码:3612 / 3617
页数:6
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