Potential-Sensing Electrochemical AFM Shows CoPi as a Hole Collector and Oxygen Evolution Catalyst on BiVO4 Water-Splitting Photoanodes

Nellist, Michael R.; Qiu, Jingjing; Laskowski, Forrest A.  L.; Toma, Francesca M.; Boettcher, Shannon W.

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01150

Title: Potential-Sensing Electrochemical AFM Shows CoPi as a Hole Collector and Oxygen Evolution Catalyst on BiVO₄ Water-Splitting Photoanodes

Journal Article · Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01150· OSTI ID:1599409

Nellist, Michael R. ^[1];

^[1]; Laskowski, Forrest A. L. ^[1];

^[2];

^[1]

Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Oxide/(oxy)hydroxide overlayers such as cobalt (oxy)hydroxide phosphate (CoPi) enhance the performance of BiVO₄ water-spitting photoanodes, but the mechanism of this enhancement remains unclear. Iin this work, we show that if the BiVO₄ layer is thin and incompletely covers an underlying conductive glass, the performance dramatically decreases as CoPi loading is increased. This is consistent with direct contact between the CoPi and conducting glass that leads to “shunt” recombination of photogenerated holes accumulated in the CoPi. For thicker BiVO4 layers that completely cover the conducting glass, these shunt pathways are blocked. We then use a nanoelectrode atomic force microscopy probe to measure, in operando, the electrochemical potential of CoPi on thick BiVO4 films under illumination. We find that CoPi is charged to a potential necessary to drive water oxidation at a rate consistent with the measured photocurrent. CoPi acts as a hole collector and is the principal driver of water oxidation on BiVO₄.

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Univ. of Oregon, Eugene OR (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Sloan Foundation; Dreyfus Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust; W. M. Keck Foundation; ONAMI; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

DOE Contract Number:: SC0014279; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1599409

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 9; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (34)

Junction behavior of n-Si photoanodes protected by thin Ni elucidated from dual working electrode photoelectrochemistry Laskowski, Forrest A. L.; Nellist, Michael R.; Venkatkarthick, Radhakrishnan Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 10, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EE03505A	journal	January 2017
Adaptive semiconductor/electrocatalyst junctions in water-splitting photoanodes Lin, Fuding; Boettcher, Shannon W. Nature Materials, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3811	journal	December 2013
Revised Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity Trends for First-Row Transition-Metal (Oxy)hydroxides in Alkaline Media Burke, Michaela S.; Zou, Shihui; Enman, Lisa J. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01650	journal	August 2015
Nature and Light Dependence of Bulk Recombination in Co-Pi-Catalyzed BiVO ₄ Photoanodes Abdi, Fatwa F.; van de Krol, Roel The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 116, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3007552	journal	April 2012
Solar water oxidation using nickel-borate coupled BiVO4 photoelectrodes Choi, Sung Kyu; Choi, Wonyong; Park, Hyunwoong Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 15, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp00073g	journal	January 2013
Mechanistic insights into chemical and photochemical transformations of bismuth vanadate photoanodes Toma, Francesca M.; Cooper, Jason K.; Kunzelmann, Viktoria Nature Communications, Vol. 7, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12012	journal	July 2016
Discovery of Fe–Ce Oxide/BiVO ₄ Photoanodes through Combinatorial Exploration of Ni–Fe–Co–Ce Oxide Coatings Shinde, Aniketa; Guevarra, Dan; Liu, Guiji ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 8, Issue 36 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06714	journal	August 2016
PeakForce Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy with Nanoelectrode Probes Huang, Zhuangqun; De Wolf, Peter; Poddar, Rakesh Microscopy Today, Vol. 24, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1551929516000882	journal	October 2016
Cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) catalyst modified Mo-doped BiVO4 photoelectrodes for solar water oxidation Pilli, Satyananda Kishore; Furtak, Thomas E.; Brown, Logan D. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 4, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee02444b	journal	January 2011
Progress in bismuth vanadate photoanodes for use in solar water oxidation Park, Yiseul; McDonald, Kenneth J.; Choi, Kyoung-Shin Chem. Soc. Rev., Vol. 42, Issue 6, p. 2321-2337 https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CS35260E	journal	January 2013
Improved Stability of Polycrystalline Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes by Use of Dual-Layer Thin TiO ₂ /Ni Coatings McDowell, Matthew T.; Lichterman, Michael F.; Spurgeon, Joshua M. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 118, Issue 34 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp506133y	journal	August 2014
Catalyst Deposition on Photoanodes: The Roles of Intrinsic Catalytic Activity, Catalyst Electrical Conductivity, and Semiconductor Morphology Qiu, Jingjing; Hajibabaei, Hamed; Nellist, Michael R. ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00336	journal	March 2018
Near-Complete Suppression of Surface Recombination in Solar Photoelectrolysis by “Co-Pi” Catalyst-Modified W:BiVO ₄ Zhong, Diane K.; Choi, Sujung; Gamelin, Daniel R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 133, Issue 45 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja207348x	journal	November 2011
In Situ Structural Study of MnP_i-Modified BiVO₄ Photoanodes by Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Xi, Lifei; Wang, Fuxian; Schwanke, Christoph The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 121, Issue 36 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06459	journal	September 2017
A Front-Illuminated Nanostructured Transparent BiVO ₄ Photoanode for >2% Efficient Water Splitting Kuang, Yongbo; Jia, Qingxin; Nishiyama, Hiroshi Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201501645	journal	November 2015
Efficient solar water splitting by enhanced charge separation in a bismuth vanadate-silicon tandem photoelectrode Abdi, Fatwa F.; Han, Lihao; Smets, Arno H. M. Nature Communications, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3195	journal	July 2013
Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation on Bismuth Vanadate by Electrodeposition of Amorphous Titanium Dioxide Eisenberg, David; Ahn, Hyun S.; Bard, Allen J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 136, Issue 40 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5082475	journal	August 2014
Nanoporous BiVO₄ Photoanodes with Dual-Layer Oxygen Evolution Catalysts for Solar Water Splitting Kim, Tae Woo; Choi, Kyoung-Shin Science, Vol. 343, Issue 6174, p. 990-994 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1246913	journal	February 2014
Marked enhancement in electron–hole separation achieved in the low bias region using electrochemically prepared Mo-doped BiVO ₄ photoanodes Park, Yiseul; Kang, Donghyeon; Choi, Kyoung-Shin Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Vol. 16, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP53649A	journal	January 2014
Cobalt–Iron (Oxy)hydroxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts: The Role of Structure and Composition on Activity, Stability, and Mechanism Burke, Michaela S.; Kast, Matthew G.; Trotochaud, Lena Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 137, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b00281	journal	March 2015
Effects of a SnO ₂ hole blocking layer in a BiVO ₄ -based photoanode on photoelectrocatalytic water oxidation Byun, Segi; Kim, Bumsoo; Jeon, Seokwoo Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA00806F	journal	January 2017
Efficient and Stable Photo-Oxidation of Water by a Bismuth Vanadate Photoanode Coupled with an Iron Oxyhydroxide Oxygen Evolution Catalyst Seabold, Jason A.; Choi, Kyoung-Shin Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 134, Issue 4, p. 2186-2192 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja209001d	journal	January 2012
Photoinduced Absorption Spectroscopy of CoPi on BiVO ₄ : The Function of CoPi during Water Oxidation Ma, Yimeng; Kafizas, Andreas; Pendlebury, Stephanie R. Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 26, Issue 27 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201600711	journal	May 2016
Photocurrent of BiVO ₄ is limited by surface recombination, not surface catalysis Zachäus, Carolin; Abdi, Fatwa F.; Peter, Laurence M. Chemical Science, Vol. 8, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC00363C	journal	January 2017
Strategic Modification of BiVO ₄ for Improving Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Performance Jeong, Hye Won; Jeon, Tae Hwa; Jang, Jum Suk The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 117, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp400415m	journal	April 2013
Emerging Postsynthetic Improvements of BiVO ₄ Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting Lamm, Benjamin; Trześniewski, Bartek J.; Döscher, Henning ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00834	journal	November 2017
Efficient BiVO ₄ Thin Film Photoanodes Modified with Cobalt Phosphate Catalyst and W-doping Abdi, Fatwa F.; Firet, Nienke; van de Krol, Roel ChemCatChem, Vol. 5, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201200472	journal	November 2012
Dynamics of photogenerated holes in surface modified -Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting Barroso, M.; Mesa, C. A.; Pendlebury, S. R. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109, Issue 39 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118326109	journal	July 2012
Direct in Situ Measurement of Charge Transfer Processes During Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation on Catalyzed Hematite Qiu, Jingjing; Hajibabaei, Hamed; Nellist, Michael R. ACS Central Science, Vol. 3, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00310	journal	August 2017
Atomic force microscopy with nanoelectrode tips for high resolution electrochemical, nanoadhesion and nanoelectrical imaging Nellist, Michael R.; Chen, Yikai; Mark, Andreas Nanotechnology, Vol. 28, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa5839	journal	January 2017
Semiconductor–Electrocatalyst Interfaces: Theory, Experiment, and Applications in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Nellist, Michael R.; Laskowski, Forrest A. L.; Lin, Fuding Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 49, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00001	journal	April 2016
Potential-sensing electrochemical atomic force microscopy for in operando analysis of water-splitting catalysts and interfaces Nellist, Michael R.; Laskowski, Forrest A. L.; Qiu, Jingjing Nature Energy, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-017-0048-1	journal	December 2017
Dynamics of photogenerated holes in undoped BiVO ₄ photoanodes for solar water oxidation Ma, Yimeng; Pendlebury, Stephanie R.; Reynal, Anna Chem. Sci., Vol. 5, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SC00469H	journal	January 2014
Highly Improved Quantum Efficiencies for Thin Film BiVO ₄ Photoanodes Liang, Yongqi; Tsubota, Toshiki; Mooij, Lennard P. A. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 115, Issue 35 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp203004v	journal	August 2011

Similar Records

Metal Oxide/(oxy)hydroxide Overlayers as Hole Collectors and Oxygen-Evolution Catalysts on Water-Splitting Photoanodes

Journal Article · Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · OSTI ID:1599409

Laskowski, Forrest A. L.; Nellist, Michael R.; Qiu, Jingjing; +1 more

Highly Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Efficiency Based on Triadic Quantum Dot/Layered Double Hydroxide/BiVO ₄ Photoanodes

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces · OSTI ID:1599409

Tang, Yanqun; Wang, Ruirui; Yang, Ye; +2 more

Temperature Effect on Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: A Model Study Based on BiVO₄ Photoanodes

Journal Article · Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2021 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces · OSTI ID:1599409

Zhou, Chenyu; Zhang, Lihua; Tong, Xiao; +1 more

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
25 ENERGY STORAGE
Photonics
Radiology
Layers
Catalysts
Water oxidation

Title: Potential-Sensing Electrochemical AFM Shows CoPi as a Hole Collector and Oxygen Evolution Catalyst on BiVO4 Water-Splitting Photoanodes

Citation Formats

References (34)

Similar Records

Related Subjects

Title: Potential-Sensing Electrochemical AFM Shows CoPi as a Hole Collector and Oxygen Evolution Catalyst on BiVO₄ Water-Splitting Photoanodes