High throughput discovery of enhanced visible photoactivity in Fe–Cr vanadate solar fuels photoanodes

Zhou, Lan; Guevarra, Dan; Gregoire, John M.

doi:10.1088/2515-7655/ac817e

Title: High throughput discovery of enhanced visible photoactivity in Fe–Cr vanadate solar fuels photoanodes

Journal Article · 03 August 2022 · JPhys Energy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac817e · OSTI ID:2421866

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California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Metal oxide solar absorbers are well suited for photoelectrochemical applications where requisite properties include stability in highly oxidizing environments, in addition to solar energy conversion. Metal vanadates are of particular interest due to their relatively low band gap energies compared to traditional, wide-gap photocatalysts. Concerted efforts on BiVO₄-based photoanodes have revealed multiple avenues for improving the solar conversion efficiencies for photon energies above 2.5 eV but have not addressed the ultimate performance limitations from the undesirably high band gap energy. Fe and Cr vanadates have a lower band gap and thus a higher potential solar conversion efficiency, although to-date the absorbed 2–2.5 eV photons are not effectively converted to the desired anodic photocurrent. By using combinatorial synthesis and high throughput screening, we demonstrate that cation substitutions with the monoclinic MVO₄ phase (M = Cr, Fe) improves the utilization of photons in this energy range. Given the portfolio of photoanode improvement techniques available, we suggest optimization of (Cr_0.5Fe_0.5)VO₄-based photoanodes as a promising path for enable solar fuel technologies.

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Research Organization:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0021266

OSTI ID:: 2421866

Journal Information:: JPhys Energy, Journal Name: JPhys Energy Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 4; ISSN 2515-7655

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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