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Title: Efficient enhancement of hydrogen production by Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrochemical cell

Abstract

Highly efficient semiconductor photoelectrodes for solar hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting are a promising and challenge solution to solve the energy problems. In this work, Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrode was designed and prepared. An increase of 11 times of photocurrent is achieved in the Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO photoelectrode comparing to that of the Cu{sub 2}O film. The high performance of the Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO film is due to the optimized design of the tandem triple-junction structure, where the localized surface Plasmon resonance of Ag and the hetero-junctions efficiently absorb solar energy, produce, and separate electron-hole pairs in the photocathode.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Center for Ion Beam Application and Center for Electron Microscopy, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072 (China)
  2. International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22398792
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FILMS; HOLES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACES; ZINC OXIDES

Citation Formats

Liu, Ying, Ren, Feng, Chen, Chao, Liu, Chang, Xing, Zhuo, Liu, Dan, Xiao, Xiangheng, Wu, Wei, Zheng, Xudong, Liu, Yichao, Jiang, Changzhong, Shen, Shaohua, and Fu, Yanming. Efficient enhancement of hydrogen production by Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrochemical cell. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4916224.
Liu, Ying, Ren, Feng, Chen, Chao, Liu, Chang, Xing, Zhuo, Liu, Dan, Xiao, Xiangheng, Wu, Wei, Zheng, Xudong, Liu, Yichao, Jiang, Changzhong, Shen, Shaohua, & Fu, Yanming. Efficient enhancement of hydrogen production by Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrochemical cell. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916224
Liu, Ying, Ren, Feng, Chen, Chao, Liu, Chang, Xing, Zhuo, Liu, Dan, Xiao, Xiangheng, Wu, Wei, Zheng, Xudong, Liu, Yichao, Jiang, Changzhong, Shen, Shaohua, and Fu, Yanming. 2015. "Efficient enhancement of hydrogen production by Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrochemical cell". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916224.
@article{osti_22398792,
title = {Efficient enhancement of hydrogen production by Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrochemical cell},
author = {Liu, Ying and Ren, Feng and Chen, Chao and Liu, Chang and Xing, Zhuo and Liu, Dan and Xiao, Xiangheng and Wu, Wei and Zheng, Xudong and Liu, Yichao and Jiang, Changzhong and Shen, Shaohua and Fu, Yanming},
abstractNote = {Highly efficient semiconductor photoelectrodes for solar hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting are a promising and challenge solution to solve the energy problems. In this work, Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO tandem triple-junction photoelectrode was designed and prepared. An increase of 11 times of photocurrent is achieved in the Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO photoelectrode comparing to that of the Cu{sub 2}O film. The high performance of the Ag/Cu{sub 2}O/ZnO film is due to the optimized design of the tandem triple-junction structure, where the localized surface Plasmon resonance of Ag and the hetero-junctions efficiently absorb solar energy, produce, and separate electron-hole pairs in the photocathode.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4916224},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22398792}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 12,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}