High efficiency water splitting photoanodes composed of nano-structured anatase-rutile TiO2 heterojunctions by pulsed-pressure MOCVD

Aleksandra J. Gardecka; Catherine Bishop; Darryl Lee; Sacha Corby; Ivan P. Parkin; Andreas Kafizas; Susan Krumdieck

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.11.033

High efficiency water splitting photoanodes composed of nano-structured anatase-rutile TiO₂ heterojunctions by pulsed-pressure MOCVD

Aleksandra J. Gardecka, Catherine Bishop, Darryl Lee, Sacha Corby, Ivan P. Parkin, Andreas Kafizas^*, Susan Krumdieck

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Abstract

In this article, thin solid films are processed via pulsed-pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition (PP-MOCVD) on FTO substrates over a range of processing times to produce a range of thicknesses and microstructures. The films are highly nanostructured anatase-rutile TiO₂ composite films with unique single crystal dendrites. After annealing, carbon was removed, and materials showed improved water splitting activity; with IPCEs above 80% in the UV, photocurrents of ∼1.2 mA cm⁻² at 1.23 V_RHE at 1 sun irradiance and an extension of photoactivity into the visible range. The annealed material exhibits minimal recombination losses and IPCEs amongst the highest reported in the literature; attributed to the formation of a high surface area nanostructured material and synergetic interactions between the anatase and rutile phases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	904-911
Number of pages	8
Journal	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume	224
Early online date	16 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.11.033
Publication status	Published - May 2018

Keywords

Anatase-rutile heterojunctions
Nanostructured photoelectrodes
PP-MOCVD
Solar water splitting
Titanium dioxide (TiO)

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Catalysis
General Environmental Science
Process Chemistry and Technology

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