Highly Stable Water Splitting on Oxynitride TaON Photoanode System under Visible Light Irradiation
Journal of the American Chemical Society2012Vol. 134(16), pp. 6968–6971
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Abstract
Highly stable photoelectrochemical water splitting is demonstrated for the first time on a tantalum oxynitride (TaON) photoanode under visible light irradiation. Highly dispersed CoO(x) nanoparticles on the TaON photoanode efficiently scavenge photogenerated holes and effectively suppress self-oxidative deactivation of the TaON surface, resulting in a stable photocurrent. The use of highly dispersed CoO(x) cocatalyst on TaON together with phosphate solutions significantly increased the photocurrent due to the formation of a cobalt/phosphate phase. This enabled us to stably split water into H(2) and O(2) under visible light irradiation at a relatively low applied bias (0.6 V vs Pt counter electrode).
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