Selective and Efficient Gd-Doped BiVO4 Photoanode for Two-Electron Water Oxidation to H2O2

Baek, Ji Hyun; Gill, Thomas Mark; Abroshan, Hadi; Park, Sangwook; Shi, Xinjian; Nørskov, Jens; Jung, Hyun Suk; Siahrostami, Samira; Zheng, Xiaolin

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00277

Title: Selective and Efficient Gd-Doped BiVO₄ Photoanode for Two-Electron Water Oxidation to H₂O₂

Journal Article · Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2019 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00277· OSTI ID:1505428

Baek, Ji Hyun ^[1]; Gill, Thomas Mark ^[2];

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Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (Republic of Korea)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (Republic of Korea)

Photoelectrochemical oxidation of water presents a pathway for sustainable production of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). Here two-electron water oxidation toward H₂O₂, however, competes with the popular four-electron process to form oxygen and one-electron water oxidation to form OH radical. To date, bismuth vanadate (BiVO₄) has been shown to exhibit promising selectivity toward H₂O₂, especially under illumination, but it suffers from high overpotential and notoriously poor stability. Herein, using density functional theory calculations, we predict that doping BiVO₄ with optimal concentrations of gadolinium (Gd) not only enhances its activity for H₂O₂ production but also improves its stability. Experimentally, we demonstrate that intermediate amounts of Gd doping (6–12%) reduce the onset potential of BiVO₄ for H₂O₂ production by ~110 mV while achieving a Faradaic efficiency of ~99.5% under illumination and prolonging the catalytic lifetime by more than a factor of 20 at 2.0 V vs RHE under illumination.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 2012M3A6A7054855; 2016M3D1A1027664; 2017R1A2B3010927

OSTI ID:: 1505428

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 4, Issue 3; ISSN 2380-8195

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