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Title: Improved H 2 Evolution in Quaternary SCIGS Chalcopyrite Semiconductors

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In a search for improved photocathode materials for fuel-producing photoelectrochemical cells, quaternary AgxCu1-xGayIn1-yS2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1.0) p-type, chalcopyrite semiconductors (SCIGS) were prepared and tested for photochemical hydrogen evolution. The study reported here is based on the preparation of bulk phases of the quaternary system. In contrast to thin-film studies of this system, this approach enables enhanced control of the materials' chemical, structural, and electronic properties. Compared to ternary CIGS electrode materials, the quaternary SCIGS materials provide improved photoelectrochemical and electrocatalytic properties. The quaternary system allows for adjustment of the band structures and photocatalytic abilities to a finer degree than is possible in the AgxCu1-xGaS2 or AgxCu1-xInS2 ternaries, and several of the quaternary AgxCu1-xGayIn1-yS2 compositions are found to show better water-splitting capability than the ternaries, even when a platinum co-catalyst is present in the ternary systems. Our work on quaternary compounds has led to finding unexpected optoelectric properties in ternary compounds of composition AgxCu1-xGaS2. Specifically, a "V-shaped" plot of semiconductor composition versus band gap is observed, which is not easily correlated with the observed variation in semiconductor structure. Even more interesting is the observation that the silver-rich branch of this "V" produces obviously highermore » H2 evolution rates than observed with the copper-rich branch.« less

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  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
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Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1595072
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-98ER45706
Resource Type:
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Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 43; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Platinum; Semiconductors; Electrical conductivity; Lattices; Materials

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Ni, Danrui, Kuo, Hsin-Ya, Park, James Eujin, Lee, Tia S., Sloman, Spyder-Rider I., Cava, Robert J., and Bocarsly, Andrew B. Improved H 2 Evolution in Quaternary SCIGS Chalcopyrite Semiconductors. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05389.
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Ni, Danrui, Kuo, Hsin-Ya, Park, James Eujin, Lee, Tia S., Sloman, Spyder-Rider I., Cava, Robert J., & Bocarsly, Andrew B. Improved H 2 Evolution in Quaternary SCIGS Chalcopyrite Semiconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05389
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Ni, Danrui, Kuo, Hsin-Ya, Park, James Eujin, Lee, Tia S., Sloman, Spyder-Rider I., Cava, Robert J., and Bocarsly, Andrew B. Wed . "Improved H 2 Evolution in Quaternary SCIGS Chalcopyrite Semiconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05389. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595072.
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@article{osti_1595072,
title = {Improved H 2 Evolution in Quaternary SCIGS Chalcopyrite Semiconductors},
author = {Ni, Danrui and Kuo, Hsin-Ya and Park, James Eujin and Lee, Tia S. and Sloman, Spyder-Rider I. and Cava, Robert J. and Bocarsly, Andrew B.},
abstractNote = {In a search for improved photocathode materials for fuel-producing photoelectrochemical cells, quaternary AgxCu1-xGayIn1-yS2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1.0) p-type, chalcopyrite semiconductors (SCIGS) were prepared and tested for photochemical hydrogen evolution. The study reported here is based on the preparation of bulk phases of the quaternary system. In contrast to thin-film studies of this system, this approach enables enhanced control of the materials' chemical, structural, and electronic properties. Compared to ternary CIGS electrode materials, the quaternary SCIGS materials provide improved photoelectrochemical and electrocatalytic properties. The quaternary system allows for adjustment of the band structures and photocatalytic abilities to a finer degree than is possible in the AgxCu1-xGaS2 or AgxCu1-xInS2 ternaries, and several of the quaternary AgxCu1-xGayIn1-yS2 compositions are found to show better water-splitting capability than the ternaries, even when a platinum co-catalyst is present in the ternary systems. Our work on quaternary compounds has led to finding unexpected optoelectric properties in ternary compounds of composition AgxCu1-xGaS2. Specifically, a "V-shaped" plot of semiconductor composition versus band gap is observed, which is not easily correlated with the observed variation in semiconductor structure. Even more interesting is the observation that the silver-rich branch of this "V" produces obviously higher H2 evolution rates than observed with the copper-rich branch.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05389},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
number = 43,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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