Dye-sensitized LaFeO3 photocathode for solar-driven H2 generation

Fusheng Li; Rui Xu; Chengming Nie; Xiujuan Wu; Peili Zhang; Lele Duan; Licheng Sun

doi:10.1039/c9cc06781g

Dye-sensitized LaFeO₃ photocathode for solar-driven H₂ generation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Oct 24;55(86):12940-12943. doi: 10.1039/c9cc06781g.

Authors

Fusheng Li¹, Rui Xu¹, Chengming Nie¹, Xiujuan Wu¹, Peili Zhang¹, Lele Duan², Licheng Sun³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China. fusheng@dlut.edu.cn.
² Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China. fusheng@dlut.edu.cn and Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 10044, Sweden.

PMID: 31599888
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06781g

Abstract

Mesoporous LaFeO3 was used as a p-type visible-light-absorbing semiconductor (VLAS) substrate for light-driven H2 generation. The successful modification of LaFeO3 with a molecular dye (P1*) and a molecular hydrogen production catalyst (NiP) paved a novel way to construct DS-PEC photocathodes for solar-driven H2 generation by using VLASs.