Gallium nitride nanowire as a linker of molybdenum sulfides and silicon for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting
Abstract
Abstract The combination of earth-abundant catalysts and semiconductors, for example, molybdenum sulfides and planar silicon, presents a promising avenue for the large-scale conversion of solar energy to hydrogen. The inferior interface between molybdenum sulfides and planar silicon, however, severely suppresses charge carrier extraction, thus limiting the performance. Here, we demonstrate that defect-free gallium nitride nanowire is ideally used as a linker of planar silicon and molybdenum sulfides to produce a high-quality shell-core heterostructure. Theoretical calculations revealed that the unique electronic interaction and the excellent geometric-matching structure between gallium nitride and molybdenum sulfides enabled an ideal electron-migration channel for high charge carrier extraction efficiency, leading to outstanding performance. A benchmarking current density of 40 ± 1 mA cm −2 at 0 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, the highest value ever reported for a planar silicon electrode without noble metals, and a large onset potential of +0.4 V were achieved under standard one-sun illumination.
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office
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- Nature Communications
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- Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
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- United Kingdom
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Zhou, Baowen, Kong, Xianghua, Vanka, Srinivas, Chu, Sheng, Ghamari, Pegah, Wang, Yichen, Pant, Nick, Shih, Ishiang, Guo, Hong, and Mi, Zetian. Gallium nitride nanowire as a linker of molybdenum sulfides and silicon for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06140-1.
Zhou, Baowen, Kong, Xianghua, Vanka, Srinivas, Chu, Sheng, Ghamari, Pegah, Wang, Yichen, Pant, Nick, Shih, Ishiang, Guo, Hong, & Mi, Zetian. Gallium nitride nanowire as a linker of molybdenum sulfides and silicon for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06140-1
Zhou, Baowen, Kong, Xianghua, Vanka, Srinivas, Chu, Sheng, Ghamari, Pegah, Wang, Yichen, Pant, Nick, Shih, Ishiang, Guo, Hong, and Mi, Zetian. Fri .
"Gallium nitride nanowire as a linker of molybdenum sulfides and silicon for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06140-1.
@article{osti_1471151,
title = {Gallium nitride nanowire as a linker of molybdenum sulfides and silicon for photoelectrocatalytic water splitting},
author = {Zhou, Baowen and Kong, Xianghua and Vanka, Srinivas and Chu, Sheng and Ghamari, Pegah and Wang, Yichen and Pant, Nick and Shih, Ishiang and Guo, Hong and Mi, Zetian},
abstractNote = {Abstract The combination of earth-abundant catalysts and semiconductors, for example, molybdenum sulfides and planar silicon, presents a promising avenue for the large-scale conversion of solar energy to hydrogen. The inferior interface between molybdenum sulfides and planar silicon, however, severely suppresses charge carrier extraction, thus limiting the performance. Here, we demonstrate that defect-free gallium nitride nanowire is ideally used as a linker of planar silicon and molybdenum sulfides to produce a high-quality shell-core heterostructure. Theoretical calculations revealed that the unique electronic interaction and the excellent geometric-matching structure between gallium nitride and molybdenum sulfides enabled an ideal electron-migration channel for high charge carrier extraction efficiency, leading to outstanding performance. A benchmarking current density of 40 ± 1 mA cm −2 at 0 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, the highest value ever reported for a planar silicon electrode without noble metals, and a large onset potential of +0.4 V were achieved under standard one-sun illumination.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-06140-1},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06140-1
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