Extraction of mobile charge carrier photogeneration yield spectrum of ultrathin-film metal oxide photoanodes for solar water splitting.
Journal
Nature materials
ISSN: 1476-4660
Titre abrégé: Nat Mater
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101155473
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Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
10
12
2019
accepted:
10
02
2021
pubmed:
21
4
2021
medline:
21
4
2021
entrez:
20
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Light absorption in strongly correlated electron materials can excite electrons and holes into a variety of different states. Some of these excitations yield mobile charge carriers, whereas others result in localized states that cannot contribute to photocurrent. The photogeneration yield spectrum, ξ(λ), represents the wavelength-dependent ratio between the contributing absorption that ultimately generates mobile charge carriers and the overall absorption. Despite being a vital material property, it is not trivial to characterize. Here, we present an empirical method to extract ξ(λ) through optical and external quantum efficiency measurements of ultrathin films. We applied this method to haematite photoanodes for water photo-oxidation, and observed that it is self-consistent for different illumination conditions and applied potentials. We found agreement between the extracted ξ(λ) spectrum and the photoconductivity spectrum measured by time-resolved microwave conductivity. These measurements revealed that mobile charge carrier generation increases with increasing energy across haematite's absorption spectrum. Low-energy non-contributing absorption fundamentally limits the photoconversion efficiency of haematite photoanodes and provides an upper limit to the achievable photocurrent that is substantially lower than that predicted based solely on absorption above the bandgap. We extended our analysis to TiO
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pubmed: 33875852
doi: 10.1038/s41563-021-00955-y
pii: 10.1038/s41563-021-00955-y
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
ID : 1867/17
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