p-Si/SnO 2 /Fe 2 O 3 Core/Shell/Shell Nanowire Photocathodes for Neutral pH Water Splitting

Kargar, Alireza; Kim, Sung Joo; Allameh, Paniz; Choi, Chulmin; Park, Namseok; Jeong, Huisu; Pak, Yusin; Jung, Gun Young; Pan, Xiaoqing; Wang, Deli; Jin, Sungho

doi:10.1002/adfm.201404571

p-Si/SnO ₂ /Fe ₂ O ₃ Core/Shell/Shell Nanowire Photocathodes for Neutral pH Water Splitting

Journal Article · Sat Mar 21 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404571· OSTI ID:1370123

Kargar, Alireza ^[1]; Kim, Sung Joo ^[2]; Allameh, Paniz ^[1]; Choi, Chulmin ^[3]; Park, Namseok ^[1]; Jeong, Huisu ^[4]; Pak, Yusin ^[4]; Jung, Gun Young ^[4]; Pan, Xiaoqing ^[2]; Wang, Deli ^[5]; Jin, Sungho ^[3]

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Buk-gu Gwangju 500-712 South Korea
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA; Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA; Qualcomm Institute (QI), University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093 USA

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion (CSTEC)

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

DOE Contract Number:: SC0000957

OSTI ID:: 1370123

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 25; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (54)

An 18.2%-efficient black-silicon solar cell achieved through control of carrier recombination in nanostructures Oh, Jihun; Yuan, Hao-Chih; Branz, Howard M. Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 7, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.166	journal	September 2012
Electrodeposition of Crystalline and Photoactive Silicon Directly from Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles in Molten CaCl ₂ Cho, Sung Ki; Fan, Fu-Ren F.; Bard, Allen J. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 51, Issue 51 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201206789	journal	November 2012
Amorphous Si Thin Film Based Photocathodes with High Photovoltage for Efficient Hydrogen Production Lin, Yongjing; Battaglia, Corsin; Boccard, Mathieu Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl403265k	journal	October 2013
Silicon nanowire array photoelectrochemical solar cells Peng, Kuiqing; Wang, Xin; Lee, Shuit-Tong Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2909555	journal	April 2008
Thin Film Photoelectrochemistry: Iron Oxide Itoh, K. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 131, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2115798	journal	January 1984
Nanodome Solar Cells with Efficient Light Management and Self-Cleaning Zhu, Jia; Hsu, Ching-Mei; Yu, Zongfu Nano Letters, Vol. 10, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl9034237	journal	June 2010
Ultrafast Studies of Photoexcited Electron Dynamics in γ- and α-Fe ₂ O ₃ Semiconductor Nanoparticles Cherepy, Nerine J.; Liston, Dorion B.; Lovejoy, Jennifer A. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 102, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp973149e	journal	January 1998
Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays Boettcher, Shannon W.; Warren, Emily L.; Putnam, Morgan C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 133, Issue 5, p. 1216-1219 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja108801m	journal	January 2011
Plasmonic solar water splitting Warren, Scott C.; Thimsen, Elijah Energy Environ. Sci., Vol. 5, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C1EE02875H	journal	January 2012
A study of oxide-based heterostructure photoelectrodes Maruska, H. Paul; Ghosh, Amal K. Solar Energy Materials, Vol. 1, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1633(79)90008-X	journal	June 1979
Branched nanowires: Synthesis and energy applications Cheng, Chuanwei; Fan, Hong Jin Nano Today, Vol. 7, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2012.06.002	journal	August 2012
Properties of Silicon (111) and (100) Surfaces Etched in Choline Solution Sakaino, Kaoru; Adachi, Sadao Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 149, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1498843	journal	January 2002
Realizing High-Efficiency Omnidirectional n-Type Si Solar Cells via the Hierarchical Architecture Concept with Radial Junctions Wang, Hsin-Ping; Lin, Tzu-Yin; Hsu, Chia-Wei ACS Nano, Vol. 7, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn404015y	journal	September 2013
Improvement of photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation by surface modification of p-type silicon semiconductor photocathodes Dominey, Raymond N.; Lewis, Nathan S.; Bruce, James A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 104, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00366a016	journal	January 1982
Heterojunction silicon/indium tin oxide photoelectrodes: development of stable systems in aqueous electrolytes and their applicability to solar energy conversion and storage Hodes, G.; Thompson, L.; DuBow, J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 105, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00341a004	journal	February 1983
Improvement of Photoelectrochemical Properties by Surface Modification with Iron Oxide on p-Type Si Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution from Water Lu, Xuwang; Minegishi, Tsutomu; Kubota, Jun Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 50, Issue 8R https://doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.50.085702	journal	August 2011
Solar Water Splitting: Progress Using Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Photoelectrodes Sivula, Kevin; Le Formal, Florian; Grätzel, Michael ChemSusChem, Vol. 4, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201000416	journal	March 2011
Hydrogen-evolution characteristics of Ni–Mo-coated, radial junction, n+p-silicon microwire array photocathodes Warren, Emily L.; McKone, James R.; Atwater, Harry A. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 5, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ee23192a	journal	January 2012
The Influence of Oxygen Content on the Thermal Activation of Hematite Nanowires Ling, Yichuan; Wang, Gongming; Reddy, Jay Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 51, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201107467	journal	March 2012
Nanoporous black silicon photocathode for H2 production by photoelectrochemical water splitting Oh, Jihun; Deutsch, Todd G.; Yuan, Hao-Chih Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 4, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee01124c	journal	January 2011
Three-dimensional ZnO/Si broom-like nanowire heterostructures as photoelectrochemical anodes for solar energy conversion: Three-dimensional ZnO/Si broom-like nanowire heterostructures Kargar, Alireza; Sun, Ke; Kim, Sung Joo physica status solidi (a), Vol. 210, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201329214	journal	August 2013
Solar Water Splitting Cells Walter, Michael G.; Warren, Emily L.; McKone, James R. Chemical Reviews, Vol. 110, Issue 11, p. 6446-6473 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr1002326	journal	November 2010
Charge transport in metal oxides: A theoretical study of hematite α-Fe2O3 Iordanova, N.; Dupuis, M.; Rosso, K. M. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1869492	journal	April 2005
Wireless Solar Water Splitting Using Silicon-Based Semiconductors and Earth-Abundant Catalysts Reece, S. Y.; Hamel, J. A.; Sung, K. Science, Vol. 334, Issue 6056 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1209816	journal	September 2011
Effect of Pt layers on the photoelectrochemical properties of a WO3/p-Si electrode Yoon, Ki Hyun; Seo, Dong Kyun; Cho, Yong Soo Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 84, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.368573	journal	October 1998
Semiconductor Electrodes Kohl, Paul A. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 124, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2133270	journal	January 1977
Surface Morphology of p-Type (100) Silicon Etched in Aqueous Alkaline Solution Bressers, P. M. M. C. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 143, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1836710	journal	January 1996
NiO _x -Fe ₂ O ₃ -coated p-Si photocathodes for enhanced solar water splitting in neutral pH water Kargar, Alireza; Cheung, Justin S.; Liu, Chin-Hung Nanoscale, Vol. 7, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR07074G	journal	January 2015
Potential applications of hierarchical branching nanowires in solar energy conversion Bierman, Matthew J.; Jin, Song Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 2, Issue 10, p. 1050-1059 https://doi.org/10.1039/b912095e	journal	July 2009
Hematite/Si Nanowire Dual-Absorber System for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting at Low Applied Potentials Mayer, Matthew T.; Du, Chun; Wang, Dunwei Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 134, Issue 30 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja3051734	journal	July 2012
Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production from Silicon Nanowire Array Photocathode Oh, Ilwhan; Kye, Joohong; Hwang, Seongpil Nano Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl203564s	journal	December 2011
3D branched nanowire heterojunction photoelectrodes for high-efficiency solar water splitting and H2 generation Sun, Ke; Jing, Yi; Li, Chun Nanoscale, Vol. 4, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1039/c2nr11952h	journal	January 2012
Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting Warren, Scott C.; Voïtchovsky, Kislon; Dotan, Hen Nature Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3684	journal	July 2013
Semiconductor Nanowires for Energy Conversion Hochbaum, Allon I.; Yang, Peidong Chemical Reviews, Vol. 110, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr900075v	journal	January 2010
Photoelectrochemical Behavior of n-type Si(100) Electrodes Coated with Thin Films of Manganese Oxide Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition Strandwitz, Nicholas C.; Comstock, David J.; Grimm, Ronald L. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 117, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp311207x	journal	March 2013
High Density n-Si/n-TiO ₂ Core/Shell Nanowire Arrays with Enhanced Photoactivity Hwang, Yun Jeong; Boukai, Akram; Yang, Peidong Nano Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl8032763	journal	January 2009
Tailoring n-ZnO/p-Si Branched Nanowire Heterostructures for Selective Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation or Reduction Kargar, Alireza; Sun, Ke; Jing, Yi Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl304539x	journal	June 2013
Energy-Conversion Properties of Vapor-Liquid-Solid-Grown Silicon Wire-Array Photocathodes Boettcher, S. W.; Spurgeon, J. M.; Putnam, M. C. Science, Vol. 327, Issue 5962, p. 185-187 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1180783	journal	January 2010
Metal Oxide Composite Enabled Nanotextured Si Photoanode for Efficient Solar Driven Water Oxidation Sun, Ke; Pang, Xiaolu; Shen, Shaohua Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl400343a	journal	April 2013
Passivating surface states on water splitting hematite photoanodes with alumina overlayers Le Formal, Florian; Tétreault, Nicolas; Cornuz, Maurin Chemical Science, Vol. 2, Issue 4, p. 737-743 https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00578A	journal	January 2011
Atomic layer-deposited tunnel oxide stabilizes silicon photoanodes for water oxidation Chen, Yi Wei; Prange, Jonathan D.; Dühnen, Simon Nature Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3047	journal	June 2011
Small-polaron versus band conduction in some transition-metal oxides Bosman, A. J.; van Daal, H. J. Advances in Physics, Vol. 19, Issue 77, p. 1-117 https://doi.org/10.1080/00018737000101071	journal	January 1970
Photooxidation of Water at α-Fe[sub 2]O[sub 3] Electrodes Kennedy, John H. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 125, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2131532	journal	January 1978
High Aspect Ratio Silicon Wire Array Photoelectrochemical Cells Maiolo, James R.; Kayes, Brendan M.; Filler, Michael A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 129, Issue 41, p. 12346-12347 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja074897c	journal	October 2007
High-Performance Silicon Nanowire Array Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells through Surface Passivation and Modification Wang, Xin; Peng, Kui-Qing; Pan, Xiao-Jun Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 50, Issue 42 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201104102	journal	September 2011
Si/InGaN Core/Shell Hierarchical Nanowire Arrays and their Photoelectrochemical Properties Hwang, Yun Jeong; Wu, Cheng Hao; Hahn, Chris Nano Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl3001138	journal	February 2012
High Photocurrent in Silicon Photoanodes Catalyzed by Iron Oxide Thin Films for Water Oxidation Jun, Kimin; Lee, Yun Seog; Buonassisi, Tonio Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 51, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201104367	journal	November 2011
The photoelectrochemistry of niobium doped α-Fe₂O₃ Sanchez, C.; Sieber, K. D.; Somorjai, G. A. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, Vol. 252, Issue 2, p. 269-290 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0728(88)80216-X	journal	October 1988
Epitaxial Growth of Branched α-Fe2O3/SnO2 Nano-Heterostructures with Improved Lithium-Ion Battery Performance Zhou, Weiwei; Cheng, Chuanwei; Liu, Jinping Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 21, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201100088	journal	March 2011
Evaluation of Pt, Ni, and Ni–Mo electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution on crystalline Si electrodes McKone, James R.; Warren, Emily L.; Bierman, Matthew J. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 4, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee01488a	journal	January 2011
3D Branched Nanowire Photoelectrochemical Electrodes for Efficient Solar Water Splitting Kargar, Alireza; Sun, Ke; Jing, Yi ACS Nano, Vol. 7, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn404170y	journal	September 2013
Photocatalytic water oxidation with suspended alpha-Fe2O3 particles-effects of nanoscaling Townsend, Troy K.; Sabio, Erwin M.; Browning, Nigel D. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 4, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee02110a	journal	January 2011
Electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry of iron(III) oxide Dare-Edwards, Martin P.; Goodenough, John B.; Hamnett, Andrew Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases, Vol. 79, Issue 9, 2027 https://doi.org/10.1039/f19837902027	journal	January 1983
Controlled Aqueous Chemical Growth of Oriented Three-Dimensional Crystalline Nanorod Arrays: Application to Iron(III) Oxides Vayssieres, Lionel; Beermann, Niclas; Lindquist, Sten-Eric Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 13, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1021/cm001202x	journal	February 2001

Similar Records

GaN/Fe core/shell nanowires for nonvolatile spintronics on Si

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · OSTI ID:21544792

Investigation of p-type Ca₂Fe₂O₅ as a Photocathode for Use in a Water Splitting Photoelectrochemical Cell

Journal Article · Sun Aug 19 20:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Applied Energy Materials · OSTI ID:2553096

Au-Cu{sub 2}O core-shell nanowire photovoltaics

Journal Article · Sun Jan 11 23:00:00 EST 2015 · Applied Physics Letters · OSTI ID:22399136

p-Si/SnO 2 /Fe 2 O 3 Core/Shell/Shell Nanowire Photocathodes for Neutral pH Water Splitting

Citation Formats

References (54)

Similar Records

Related Subjects

p-Si/SnO ₂ /Fe ₂ O ₃ Core/Shell/Shell Nanowire Photocathodes for Neutral pH Water Splitting