Stability and self-passivation of copper vanadate photoanodes under chemical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical operation

Zhou, Lan; Yan, Qimin; Yu, Jie; Jones, Ryan J.  R.; Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie; Suram, Santosh K.; Shinde, Aniketa; Guevarra, Dan; Neaton, Jeffrey B.; Persson, Kristin A.; Gregoire, John M.

doi:10.1039/C6CP00473C

Stability and self-passivation of copper vanadate photoanodes under chemical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical operation

Journal Article · Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP00473C· OSTI ID:1334192

Zhou, Lan ^[1]; Yan, Qimin ^[2]; Yu, Jie ^[3]; Jones, Ryan J. R. ^[4]; Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie ^[4]; Suram, Santosh K. ^[4]; Shinde, Aniketa ^[4]; Guevarra, Dan ^[4]; Neaton, Jeffrey B. ^[5]; Persson, Kristin A. ^[6]; Gregoire, John M. ^[4]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP); Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Molecular Foundry; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Molecular Foundry; California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Environmental Energy Technologies Division
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Molecular Foundry; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Kavli Energy Nanosciences Inst., Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Environmental Energy Technologies Division

We discuss how deployment of solar fuels technology requires photoanodes and that long term stability, can be accomplished using light absorbers that self-passivate under operational conditions. We recently reported that several copper vanadates are promising photoanode materials, and their stability and self-passivation is demonstrated through a combination of Pourbaix calculations and combinatorial experimentation.

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Research Organization:: California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004993; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1334192

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1454462

Journal Information:: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP, Journal Name: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 18; ISSN 1463-9076; ISSN PPCPFQ

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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