Epitaxial Cubic Silicon Carbide Photocathodes for Visible-Light-Driven Water Splitting.

hydrogen evolution reaction photoelectrochemistry silicon carbide visible light water splitting

Journal

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
ISSN: 1521-3765
Titre abrégé: Chemistry
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9513783

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Mar 2020
Historique:
received: 18 11 2019
pubmed: 22 1 2020
medline: 22 1 2020
entrez: 22 1 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) material feature a suitable bandgap and high resistance to photocorrosion. Thus, it has been emerged as a promising semiconductor for hydrogen evolution. Here, the relationship between the photoelectrochemical properties and the microstructures of different SiC materials is demonstrated. For visible-light-derived water splitting to hydrogen production, nanocrystalline, microcrystalline and epitaxial (001) 3C-SiC films are applied as the photocathodes. The epitaxial 3C-SiC film presents the highest photoelectrochemical activity for hydrogen evolution, because of its perfect (001) orientation, high phase purity, low resistance, and negative conduction band energy level. This finding offers a strategy to design SiC-based photocathodes with superior photoelectrochemical performances.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31961024
doi: 10.1002/chem.201905218
pmc: PMC7155094
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

3586-3590

Subventions

Organisme : Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : U1710112
Organisme : China Scholarship Council
ID : 201804910466
Organisme : German Research Foundation
ID : YA344/1-1

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

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Auteurs

Xiuxiu Han (X)

State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China.
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57076, Germany.

Steffen Heuser (S)

Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57076, Germany.

Xili Tong (X)

State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China.

Nianjun Yang (N)

Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57076, Germany.

Xiang-Yun Guo (XY)

State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China.
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China.

Xin Jiang (X)

Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57076, Germany.

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