Discovery of Fe–Ce Oxide/BiVO4 Photoanodes through Combinatorial Exploration of Ni–Fe–Co–Ce Oxide Coatings

Shinde, Aniketa; Guevarra, Dan; Liu, Guiji; Sharp, Ian D.; Toma, Francesca M.; Gregoire, John M.; Haber, Joel A.

doi:10.1021/acsami.6b06714

Title: Discovery of Fe–Ce Oxide/BiVO₄ Photoanodes through Combinatorial Exploration of Ni–Fe–Co–Ce Oxide Coatings

Journal Article · Tue Aug 23 04:00:00 UTC 2016 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06714 · OSTI ID:1333887

Shinde, Aniketa ^[1]; Guevarra, Dan ^[2]; Liu, Guiji ^[3]; Sharp, Ian D. ^[3]; Toma, Francesca M. ^[3]; Gregoire, John M. ^[2]; Haber, Joel A. ^[2]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP); Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) and Chemical Sciences Division

An efficient photoanode is a prerequisite for a viable solar fuels technology. The challenges to realizing an efficient photoanode include the integration of a semiconductor light absorber and a metal oxide electrocatalyst to optimize corrosion protection, light trapping, hole transport, and photocarrier recombination sites. In order to efficiently explore metal oxide coatings, we employ a high throughput methodology wherein a uniform BiVO₄ film is coated with 858 unique metal oxide coatings covering a range of metal oxide loadings and the full (Ni-Fe-Co-Ce)O_x pseudo-quaternary composition space. Photoelectrochemical characterization of the photoanodes reveals that specific combinations of metal oxide composition and loading provide up to a 13-fold increase in the maximum photoelectrochemical power generation for oxygen evolution in pH 13 electrolyte. Through mining of the high throughput data we identify composition regions that form improved interfaces with BiVO₄. Of particular note, integrated photoanodes with catalyst compositions in the range Fe_(0.4-0.6)Ce_(0.6-0.4)O_x exhibit high interface quality and excellent photoelectrochemical power conversion. Furthermore, for scaled-up inkjet-printed electrodes and photoanodic electrodeposition of this composition on BiVO₄ we can confirm the discovery and the synthesis-independent interface improvement of (Fe-Ce)O_x coatings on BiVO₄.

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Research Organization:: California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004993; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1333887

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 36 Vol. 8; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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