Modulating Hole Transport in Multilayered Photocathodes with Derivatized p-Type Nickel Oxide and Molecular Assemblies for Solar-Driven Water Splitting

Shan, Bing; Sherman, Benjamin D.; Klug, Christina; Nayak, Animesh; Marquard, Seth; Liu, Qing; Bullock, Ronald M.; Meyer, Thomas J.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01911

Title: Modulating Hole Transport in Multilayered Photocathodes with Derivatized p-Type Nickel Oxide and Molecular Assemblies for Solar-Driven Water Splitting

Journal Article · Thu Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01911· OSTI ID:1582550

Shan, Bing; Sherman, Benjamin D. ^[1]; Klug, Christina ^[2]; Nayak, Animesh ^[1]; Marquard, Seth ^[1]; Liu, Qing ^[1];

^[2]; Meyer, Thomas J. ^[1]

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)

We report here a new photocathode composed of a bi-layered doped NiO film topped by a macro-mesoporous ITO (ioITO) layer with molecular assemblies attached to the ioITO surface. The NiO film containing a 2% K+ doped NiO inner layer and a 2% Cu2+ doped NiO outer layer provides sufficient driving force for hole transport after injection to NiO by the molecular assembly. The tri-layered oxide, NiK0.02O | NiCu0.02O | ioITO, sensitized by a ruthenium polypyridyl dye and functionalized with a nickel-based hydrogen evolution catalyst, outperforms its counterpart, NiO | NiO | ioITO, in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water over a period of several hours with a Faradaic yield of ~90%.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Alliance for Molecular PhotoElectrode Design for Solar Fuels (AMPED). Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1582550

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-125679

Journal Information:: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 8, Issue 18

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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