liu.seSearch for publications in DiVA
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Interface-Engineered InAlN/Cu2O Photocathode with Accelerated Charge Separation for Boosting Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Semiconductor Materials. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5565-6520
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Thin Film Physics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Semiconductor Materials. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
MAX IV Lab, Sweden.
Show others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Solar RRL, E-ISSN 2367-198X, Vol. 8, no 10, article id 2400094Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Cu2O has emerged as a promising material for sustainable hydrogen production through photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, while inefficient charge separation remains one of the main challenges hindering its development. In this work, a new architecture of InAlN/Cu2O heterojunction photocathode is demonstrated by combining n-type InAlN and p-type Cu2O to improve the charge separation efficiency, thus enhancing PEC water-splitting performance. The Pt/InAlN/Cu2O photoelectrode exhibits a photocurrent density of 2.54 mA cm(-2) at 0 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (V-RHE), which is 3.21 times higher than that of Cu2O (0.79 mA cm(-2) at V-RHE). The enhanced PEC performance is explained by the larger built-in potential V-bi of 1.43 V formed at the InAlN/Cu2O p-n junction than that in the single Cu2O photocathode (V-bi < 0.77 V), which improves the separation of the photogenerated carriers and thus relieves the bottlenecks of charge-transfer kinetics at the electrode bulk and electrode/electrolyte interface. In this work, an avenue is opened for designing III-nitrides/Cu2O heterojunction toward solar energy conversion.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH , 2024. Vol. 8, no 10, article id 2400094
Keywords [en]
charge transfers; Cu2O; InAlN; photoelectrochemical water splitting; p-n heterojunction
National Category
Other Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-202475DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400094ISI: 001198084900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85189454759OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-202475DiVA, id: diva2:1851604
Note

Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsradet) [2018-04670, 2020-04400, 2018-04198]; Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) [CH2016-6722]; Olle Engkvists Stiftelse [220-0222, 221-0259, 227-0244]; AForsk Foundation [23-489]; Carl Tryggers Stiftelse [CTS22-2190]; Swedish Research Council [2018-07152]; Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems [2018-04969]; Formas [2019-02496]

Available from: 2024-04-15 Created: 2024-04-15 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(1860 kB)1 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 1860 kBChecksum SHA-512
f88e6b35e68e38f446385d83fa3f675dc38e836a6bf2b10980cf2f991adf7be259da32be59b7ae6089f4b8b929df4a95a0227e3036b45bf29b3502791456b65d
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus

Authority records

Chang, Jui-CheBirch, JensHsiao, Ching-LienSun, Jianwu W.

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Zeng, HuiChang, Jui-CheQu, YuanjuBirch, JensHsiao, Ching-LienSun, Jianwu W.
By organisation
Semiconductor MaterialsFaculty of Science & EngineeringThin Film Physics
In the same journal
Solar RRL
Other Chemical Engineering

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 1 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 108 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf