Fabrication of Multilayer Electrodes Based on Earth-Abundant Transition--Metal Compounds and Investigation of Their Photoelectrocatalytic Properties in Water Splitting Reaction, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ghasemian, Saloumeh (Supervisor) ; Taherinia, Davood (Supervisor)
Abstract
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is exceedingly promising for converting solar energy into molecular hydrogen as a clean and sustainable fuel. However, the overall rate of water splitting reaction is severely limited by the sluggish kinetics of the anodic half-reaction, namely, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a popular photoanode for PEC water splitting due to its high stability, low cost, narrow band gap (2.4 eV), high visible-light absorption, and environmental compatibility. However, BiVO4 suffers from poor charge transfer, fast recombination of electron-hole pairs, and inferior catalytic activity toward OER. An effective strategy to overcome...
Cataloging briefFabrication of Multilayer Electrodes Based on Earth-Abundant Transition--Metal Compounds and Investigation of Their Photoelectrocatalytic Properties in Water Splitting Reaction, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ghasemian, Saloumeh (Supervisor) ; Taherinia, Davood (Supervisor)
Abstract
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is exceedingly promising for converting solar energy into molecular hydrogen as a clean and sustainable fuel. However, the overall rate of water splitting reaction is severely limited by the sluggish kinetics of the anodic half-reaction, namely, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a popular photoanode for PEC water splitting due to its high stability, low cost, narrow band gap (2.4 eV), high visible-light absorption, and environmental compatibility. However, BiVO4 suffers from poor charge transfer, fast recombination of electron-hole pairs, and inferior catalytic activity toward OER. An effective strategy to overcome...
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