Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1077-y
Keywords
Hematite; Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting; Surface plasmon resonance; Surface passivation; Atomic layer deposition
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61171043, 51377085, 21477072, 21503261]
- Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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The short lifetime of photogenerated charge carriers of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) thin films strongly hindered the PEC performances. Herein, alpha-Fe2O3 thin films with surface nanowire were synthesized by electrodeposition and post annealing method for photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) water splitting. The thickness of the alpha-Fe2O3 films can be precisely controlled by adjusting the duration of the electrodeposition. The Au nanoparticles (NPs) and Al2O3 shell by atom layer deposition were further introduced to modify the photoelectrodes. Different constructions were made with different deposition orders of Au and Al2O3 on Fe2O3 films. The Fe2O3-Au-Al2O3 construction shows the best PEC performance with 1.78 times enhancement by localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of NPs in conjunction with surface passivation of Al2O3 shells. Numerical simulation was carried out to investigate the promotion mechanisms. The high PEC performance for Fe2O3-Au-Al2O3 construction electrode could be attributed to the Al2O3 intensified LSPR, effective surface passivation by Al2O3 coating, and the efficient charge transfer due to the Fe2O3-Au Schottky junctions.
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