Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution
Using Pseudocapacitive NiOx/Si Junction
with Misaligned Energy Levels
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Photoelectrochemical
(PEC) water splitting performed by an electrocatalyst
integrated with a semiconducting photoelectrode is advantageous with
improvements in both charge-transfer kinetics and interface energetics
because of the electrocatalyst/semiconductor junction. In general,
interface energetics has been considered to arise from differences
in the intrinsic electronic energy levels between the electrocatalyst
and the semiconductor. Here, we demonstrated that when a NiOx thin film with porous and nanocrystalline structures
is integrated with a Si photoelectrode, the interface energetics is
developed by an electrochemical energy level extrinsically formed
by the pseudocapacitive surface reaction (a redox reaction of NiOx for electrochemical charge storage). This
new type of junction, named a pseudocapacitive NiOx/Si junction, revealed two intriguing features: the interface
energetics is dynamically changed as charging/discharging progresses,
and the developed electrochemical energy level and the electronic
energy level of Si are abnormally misaligned under equivalent circuit
conditions. With these features, the open circuit potential (Voc) of the PEC device was determined by the
degree of misalignment (i.e., the electrochemical energy level). The
electrochemical energy level was maximized by ∼1 V through
the insertion of a SiO2 interfacial layer thick enough
to suppress discharge and 1 h of PEC operation for sufficient charging
by the transfer of light-induced electrons. As a result, the highest Voc of ∼1 V, surpassing the theoretical
limit of 0.85 V in Si photovoltaics, was achieved. This finding demonstrated
a new paradigm for self-powered PEC reactions.
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Jung, Jin-Young; Yu, Jin-Young; Wehrspohn, Ralf B.; Lee, Jung-Ho (2019). Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution
Using Pseudocapacitive NiOx/Si Junction
with Misaligned Energy Levels. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11694
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AUTHORS (4)
JJ
Jin-Young Jung
JY
Jin-Young Yu
RW
Ralf B. Wehrspohn
JL
Jung-Ho Lee
KEYWORDS
Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolutionelectrochemical charge storagejunctioninterface energeticsself-powered PEC reactionselectrocatalystelectrochemical energy level extrinsicallyV ocelectrochemical energy levelSiNiO xequivalent circuit conditionsMisaligned Energy Levels Photoelectrochemicalpseudocapacitive surface reaction