High-throughput characterization of Ag–V–O nanostructured thin-film materials libraries for photoelectrochemical solar water splitting

Kumari, Swati; Helt, Lukas; Junqueira, João R. C.; Kostka, Aleksander; Zhang, Siyuan; Sarker, Suchismita; Mehta, Apurva; Scheu, Christina; Schuhmann, Wolfgang; Ludwig, Alfred

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.02.154

Title: High-throughput characterization of Ag–V–O nanostructured thin-film materials libraries for photoelectrochemical solar water splitting

Journal Article · Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.02.154· OSTI ID:1616717

Kumari, Swati ^[1]; Helt, Lukas ^[1]; Junqueira, João R. C. ^[1]; Kostka, Aleksander ^[1]; Zhang, Siyuan ^[2]; Sarker, Suchismita ^[3]; Mehta, Apurva ^[3]; Scheu, Christina ^[2];

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Ruhr-Univ., Bochum (Germany)
Max Planck Inst. fur Eisenforschung, Dusseldorf (Germany)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

Ag–V–O thin-film materials libraries, with both composition (Ag_22-77V_23-78O_x) and thickness (123–714 nm) gradients were fabricated using combinatorial reactive magnetron co-sputtering aiming on establishing relations between composition, structure, and functional properties. As-deposited libraries were annealed in air at 300 °C for 10 h. High-throughput characterization methods of composition, structure and functional properties were used to identify photoelectrochemically active regions. The phases AgV₆O₁₅, Ag₂V₄O₁₁, AgVO₃, and Ag₄V₂O₇ were observed throughout the composition gradient. The photoelectrochemical properties of Ag–V–O films are dependent on composition and morphology. An enhanced photocurrent density (~300–554 μA/cm²) was obtained at 30 to 45 at.% Ag along the thickness gradient. Thin films of these compositions show a nanowire morphology, which is an important factor for the enhancement of photoelectrochemical performance. The photoelectrochemically active regions were further investigated by high-throughput synchrotron-X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (Ag₃₂V₆₈O_x) which confirmed the presence of Ag₂V₄O₁₁ as the dominating phase along with the minor phases AgV₆O₁₅ and AgVO₃. This enhanced photoactive region shows bandgap values of ~2.30 eV for the direct and ~1.87 eV for the indirect bandgap energies. Finally, the porous nanostructured films improve charge transport and are hence of interest for photoelectrochemical water splitting.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1616717

Journal Information:: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 45, Issue 21; ISSN 0360-3199

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