Molybdenum Disulfide Catalytic Coatings via Atomic Layer Deposition for Solar Hydrogen Production from Copper Gallium Diselenide Photocathodes
Abstract
We demonstrate that applying atomic layer deposition-derived molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) catalytic coatings on copper gallium diselenide (CGSe) thin film absorbers can lead to efficient wide band gap photocathodes for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. We have prepared a device that is free of precious metals, employing a CGSe absorber and a cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffer layer, a titanium dioxide (TiO2) interfacial layer, and a MoS2 catalytic layer. The resulting MoS2/TiO2/CdS/CGSe photocathode exhibits a photocurrent onset of +0.53 V vs RHE and a saturation photocurrent density of -10 mA cm-2, with stable operation for >5 h in acidic electrolyte. Spectroscopic investigations of this device architecture indicate that overlayer degradation occurs inhomogeneously, ultimately exposing the underlying CGSe absorber.
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- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1570459
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1594909
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0006670; AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; ECCS-1542152
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2574-0962
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; photoelectrochemical water splitting; copper gallium diselenide; molybdenum disulfide; hydrogen evolution; atomic layer deposition
Citation Formats
Hellstern, Thomas R., Palm, David W., Carter, James, DeAngelis, Alex D., Horsley, Kimberly, Weinhardt, Lothar, Yang, Wanli, Blum, Monika, Gaillard, Nicolas, Heske, Clemens, and Jaramillo, Thomas F. Molybdenum Disulfide Catalytic Coatings via Atomic Layer Deposition for Solar Hydrogen Production from Copper Gallium Diselenide Photocathodes. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b01562.
Hellstern, Thomas R., Palm, David W., Carter, James, DeAngelis, Alex D., Horsley, Kimberly, Weinhardt, Lothar, Yang, Wanli, Blum, Monika, Gaillard, Nicolas, Heske, Clemens, & Jaramillo, Thomas F. Molybdenum Disulfide Catalytic Coatings via Atomic Layer Deposition for Solar Hydrogen Production from Copper Gallium Diselenide Photocathodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01562
Hellstern, Thomas R., Palm, David W., Carter, James, DeAngelis, Alex D., Horsley, Kimberly, Weinhardt, Lothar, Yang, Wanli, Blum, Monika, Gaillard, Nicolas, Heske, Clemens, and Jaramillo, Thomas F. Tue .
"Molybdenum Disulfide Catalytic Coatings via Atomic Layer Deposition for Solar Hydrogen Production from Copper Gallium Diselenide Photocathodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01562. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1570459.
@article{osti_1570459,
title = {Molybdenum Disulfide Catalytic Coatings via Atomic Layer Deposition for Solar Hydrogen Production from Copper Gallium Diselenide Photocathodes},
author = {Hellstern, Thomas R. and Palm, David W. and Carter, James and DeAngelis, Alex D. and Horsley, Kimberly and Weinhardt, Lothar and Yang, Wanli and Blum, Monika and Gaillard, Nicolas and Heske, Clemens and Jaramillo, Thomas F.},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate that applying atomic layer deposition-derived molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) catalytic coatings on copper gallium diselenide (CGSe) thin film absorbers can lead to efficient wide band gap photocathodes for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. We have prepared a device that is free of precious metals, employing a CGSe absorber and a cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffer layer, a titanium dioxide (TiO2) interfacial layer, and a MoS2 catalytic layer. The resulting MoS2/TiO2/CdS/CGSe photocathode exhibits a photocurrent onset of +0.53 V vs RHE and a saturation photocurrent density of -10 mA cm-2, with stable operation for >5 h in acidic electrolyte. Spectroscopic investigations of this device architecture indicate that overlayer degradation occurs inhomogeneously, ultimately exposing the underlying CGSe absorber.},
doi = {10.1021/acsaem.8b01562},
journal = {ACS Applied Energy Materials},
number = 2,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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