Uniform Doping of Titanium in Hematite Nanorods for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

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• 作者：Degao Wang ; Huaican Chen ; Guoliang Chang ; Xiao Lin ; Yuying Zhang ; Ali Aldalbahi ; Cheng Peng ; Jianqiang Wang ; Chunhai Fan
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 1, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：25
• 页码：14072-14078
• 全文大小：409K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Doping elements in hematite nanostructures is a promising approach to improve the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting performance of hematite photoanodes. However, uniform doping with precise control on doping amount and morphology is the major challenge for quantitatively investigating the PEC water-splitting enhancement. Here, we report on the design and synthesis of uniform titanium (Ti)-doped hematite nanorods with precise control of the Ti amount and morphology for highly effective PEC water splitting using an atomic layer deposition assisted solid-state diffusion method. We found that Ti doping promoted band bending and increased the carrier density as well as the surface state. Remarkably, these uniformly doped hematite nanorods exhibited high PEC performance with a pronounced photocurrent density of 2.28 mA/cm² at 1.23 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and 4.18 mA/cm² at 1.70 V vs RHE, respectively. Furthermore, as-prepared Ti-doping hematite nanorods performed excellent repeatability and durability; over 80% of the as-fabricated photoanodes reproduced the steady photocurrent density of 1.9鈥?.2 mA/cm² at 1.23 V vs RHE at least 3 h in a strong alkaline electrolyte solution.