Ultrathin Lutetium Oxide Film as an Epitaxial Hole-Blocking Layer for Crystalline Bismuth Vanadate Water Splitting Photoanodes
Abstract
Here a novel ultrathin lutetium oxide (Lu2O3) interlayer is integrated with crystalline bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) thin film photoanodes to facilitate carrier transport through atomic-scale interface control. The epitaxial Lu2O32O3
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1425068
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1416395
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-203208-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X; TRN: US1802028
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Zhang, Wenrui, Yan, Danhua, Tong, Xiao, and Liu, Mingzhao. Ultrathin Lutetium Oxide Film as an Epitaxial Hole-Blocking Layer for Crystalline Bismuth Vanadate Water Splitting Photoanodes. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201705512.
Zhang, Wenrui, Yan, Danhua, Tong, Xiao, & Liu, Mingzhao. Ultrathin Lutetium Oxide Film as an Epitaxial Hole-Blocking Layer for Crystalline Bismuth Vanadate Water Splitting Photoanodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201705512
Zhang, Wenrui, Yan, Danhua, Tong, Xiao, and Liu, Mingzhao. Mon .
"Ultrathin Lutetium Oxide Film as an Epitaxial Hole-Blocking Layer for Crystalline Bismuth Vanadate Water Splitting Photoanodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201705512. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1425068.
@article{osti_1425068,
title = {Ultrathin Lutetium Oxide Film as an Epitaxial Hole-Blocking Layer for Crystalline Bismuth Vanadate Water Splitting Photoanodes},
author = {Zhang, Wenrui and Yan, Danhua and Tong, Xiao and Liu, Mingzhao},
abstractNote = {Here a novel ultrathin lutetium oxide (Lu2O3) interlayer is integrated with crystalline bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) thin film photoanodes to facilitate carrier transport through atomic-scale interface control. The epitaxial Lu2O32O3},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201705512},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 10,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {1}
}
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Scheme 1: (a) Schematic device structure and (b) lattice model representing the epitaxial relationship of BVO/LO/ITO/YSZ heterostructures for solar water splitting. The lattice mismatch (ε) between the top and bottom underlayer is calculated by ε = (atop - abot) × 2/(atop + abot), where atop and abot are the latticemore »
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