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@article{Ma:2015:10.1039/C5TA05826K,
author = {Ma, Y and Le, Formal F and Kafizas, A and Pendlebury, S and Durrant, J},
doi = {10.1039/C5TA05826K},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry A},
pages = {20649--20657},
title = {Efficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TA05826K},
volume = {3},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - In this paper, we compared for the first time the dynamics of photogenerated holes in BiVO4 photoanodes with and without CoPi surface modification, employing transient absorption and photocurrent measurements on microsecond to second timescales. CoPi surface modification is known to cathodically shift the water oxidation onset potential; however, the reason for this improvement has not until now been fully understood. The transient absorption and photocurrent data were analyzed using a simple kinetic model, which allows quantification of the competition between electron/hole recombination and water oxidation. The results of this model are shown to be in excellent agreement with the measured photocurrent data. We demonstrate that the origin of the improvement of photocurrent onset resulting from CoPi treatment is primarily due to retardation of back electron/hole recombination across the space charge layer; no evidence of catalytic water oxidation via CoPi was observed.
AU - Ma,Y
AU - Le,Formal F
AU - Kafizas,A
AU - Pendlebury,S
AU - Durrant,J
DO - 10.1039/C5TA05826K
EP - 20657
PY - 2015///
SN - 2050-7496
SP - 20649
TI - Efficient suppression of back electron/hole recombination in cobalt phosphate surface-modified undoped bismuth vanadate photoanodes
T2 - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TA05826K
VL - 3
ER -
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