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Bipolar charge collecting structure enables overall water splitting on ferroelectric photocatalysts

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  • Yong Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Mingjian Zhang

    (Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School)

  • Zhuan Wang

    (Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Science)

  • Jiandong He

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jie Zhang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Sheng Ye

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiuli Wang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Dongfeng Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Heng Yin

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qianhong Zhu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Huanwang Jing

    (Lanzhou University)

  • Yuxiang Weng

    (Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Science)

  • Feng Pan

    (Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School)

  • Ruotian Chen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Can Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Lanzhou University)

  • Fengtao Fan

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Ferroelectrics are considered excellent photocatalytic candidates for solar fuel production because of the unidirectional charge separation and above-gap photovoltage. Nevertheless, the performance of ferroelectric photocatalysts is often moderate. A few studies showed that these types of photocatalysts could achieve overall water splitting. This paper proposes an approach to fabricating interfacial charge-collecting nanostructures on positive and negative domains of ferroelectric, enabling water splitting in ferroelectric photocatalysts. The present study observes efficient accumulations of photogenerated electrons and holes within their thermalization length (~50 nm) around Au nanoparticles located in the positive and negative domains of a BaTiO3 single crystal. Photocatalytic overall water splitting is observed on a ferroelectric BaTiO3 single crystal after assembling oxidation and reduction cocatalysts on the positively and negatively charged Au nanoparticles, respectively. The fabrication of bipolar charge-collecting structures on ferroelectrics to achieve overall water splitting offers a way to utilize the energetic photogenerated charges in solar energy conversion.

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  • Yong Liu & Mingjian Zhang & Zhuan Wang & Jiandong He & Jie Zhang & Sheng Ye & Xiuli Wang & Dongfeng Li & Heng Yin & Qianhong Zhu & Huanwang Jing & Yuxiang Weng & Feng Pan & Ruotian Chen & Can Li & Fen, 2022. "Bipolar charge collecting structure enables overall water splitting on ferroelectric photocatalysts," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-32002-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32002-y
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