Photoelectrochemical properties of BiMnO3 thin films and nanostructures

被引：26

作者：

Chakrabartty, Joyprokash ^{[1
]}

Barba, David ^{[1
]}

Jin, Lei ^{[1
]}

Benetti, Daniele ^{[1
]}

Rosei, Federico ^{[1
]}

Nechache, Riad ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] INRS, Ctr Energie Mat & Telecommun, 1650 Blvd Lionel Boulet, Varennes, PQ J3X 1S2, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES | 2017年 / 365卷

基金：

加拿大创新基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

Photoelectrochemistry; Thin film; Multiferroic; Nanostenciling; Nanostructures; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION; VISIBLE-LIGHT; WATER; SEMICONDUCTOR; OXIDE; CONVERSION; PHOTOANODE; CHALLENGES; FUTURE; ARRAYS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.08.064

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

We report and compare the properties of BiMnO3 (BMO) nanostructures and thin films as photoanodes in photoelectrochemical solar cells. BMO films are grown on Niobium doped SrTiO3 crystalline substrates using pulse laser deposition. Nanoscale patterns of BMO are obtained by depositing through nano stencils, namely shadow masks with nanometer-scale circular apertures. We demonstrate that BMO nanostructures exhibit superior photoelectrochemical properties, compared to BMO thin films when used as photoelectrodes in cells for hydrogen production. A photocurrent density of similar to 0.9 mA cm(-2) at 0.8 V vs Ag/AgCl (1.38 V vs RHE) under 1 Sun is recorded for BMO nanostructures. On the other hand, BMO films exhibit a photocurrent density of similar to 40 mu A cm(-2) at 0.4 V vs Ag/AgCl (0.98 V vs RHE) under 2 Sun which is four times higher than that recorded under 1 Sun illumination (similar to 10 mu A cm(-2) at 0.4 V vs Ag/AgCl). Mott-Schottky analysis evidences n-type characteristics for both BMO thin films and nano structures. According to band alignment with respect to the redox potential of water, we conclude that both types of photoelectrodes are suitable for oxygen evolution reaction. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：162 / 168

页数：7

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