A co-catalyst-loaded Ta(3)N(5) photoanode with a high solar photocurrent for water splitting upon facile removal of the surface layer

Mingxue Li; Wenjun Luo; Dapeng Cao; Xin Zhao; Zhaosheng Li; Tao Yu; Zhigang Zou

doi:10.1002/anie.201305350

A co-catalyst-loaded Ta(3)N(5) photoanode with a high solar photocurrent for water splitting upon facile removal of the surface layer

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Oct 11;52(42):11016-20. doi: 10.1002/anie.201305350. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

Authors

Mingxue Li¹, Wenjun Luo, Dapeng Cao, Xin Zhao, Zhaosheng Li, Tao Yu, Zhigang Zou

Affiliation

¹ Ecomaterials and Renewable Energy Research Center, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (P. R. China).

PMID: 23946184
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305350

Abstract

Surface exfoliation: A Ta3 N5 photoanode prepared by a thermal oxidation and nitridation method shows a high solar photocurrent. This photocurrent is currently the highest achieved by a Ta3 N5 photoanode. The photocurrent is obtained mainly because of facile thermal and mechanical exfoliation of the surface passivation layer of the Ta3 N5 photoanode.

Keywords: electrochemistry; hydrogen production; photochemistry; surface chemistry; water splitting.