FeFx and Fe2ZrO5 Co-modified hematite for highly efficient solar water splitting

doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2022.01.045

Abstract

Abstract: Hematite is an excellent catalyst for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting but its performance has been highly limited by poor conductivity and high charge recombination. Here by a Zr-based treatment to create bulk Fe₂ZrO₅ in hematite and a F-based treatment to form an ultrathin surface FeF_x layer, the charge transfer can be highly improved and the charge recombination can be significantly suppressed. As a result, the FeF_x/Zr-Fe₂O₃ photoanode presents an enhanced PEC performance with a photocurrent density of 2.43 mA/cm² at 1.23 V vs. RHE, which is around 3 times higher than that of the pristine Fe₂O₃. The FeF_x/Zr-Fe₂O₃ photoanode also shows a low onset potential of 0.77 V vs. RHE (100 mV lower than the pristine hematite). The performance is much higher than that of the sample treated by Zr or F alone, suggesting the synergistic effect between bulk Fe₂ZrO₅ and surface FeF_x. By coupling with the FeNiOOH co-catalyst, the final photoanode can achieve a high photocurrent density of 2.81 mA/cm² at 1.23 V vs. RHE. The novel design of Zr and F co-modified hematite can be used as a promising way to pre-pare efficient catalysts for solar water splitting.

Key words: Hematite, Fe₂ZrO₅, Fluorination, Solar water splitting

Xiaoquan Zhao, Cheng Lu, Shuo Li, Yufeng Chen, Gaoteng Zhang, Duo Zhang, Kun Feng, Jun Zhong. FeF_x and Fe₂ZrO₅ Co-modified hematite for highly efficient solar water splitting[J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 69(6): 414-420.

×
share this article

Add to citation manager EndNote|Ris|BibTeX

URL: https://www.jenergychem.com/EN/10.1016/j.jechem.2022.01.045

https://www.jenergychem.com/EN/Y2022/V69/I6/414

References

[1] O. Khaselev, J.A. Turner, Science 280 (1998) 425-427.
[2] X. Chen, S. Shen, L. Guo, S.S. Mao, Chem. Rev. 110(2010) 6503-6570.
[3] A. Fujishima, K. Honda, Nature 238 (1972) 37-38.
[4] Y. Lin, S. Zhou, S.W. Sheehan, D. Wang, J. Am. Chem.Soc. 133(2011) 2398-2401.
[5] J.Y. Kim, G. Magesh, D.H. Youn, J.W. Jang, J. Kubota, K. Domen, J.S. Lee, Sci. Rep. 3(2013) 2681.
[6] S.D. Tilley, M. Cornuz, K. Sivula, M. Grätzel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49(2010) 6405-6408.
[7] R. Chong, B. Wang, C. Su, D. Li, L. Mao, Z. Chang, L. Zhang, J. Mater. Chem. A 5 (2017) 8583-8590.
[8] M. Li, Y. Yang, Y. Ling, W. Qiu, F. Wang, T. Liu, Y. Song, X. Liu, P. Fang, Y. Tong, Y. Li, Nano Lett. 17(2017) 2490-2495.
[9] C. Li, A. Li, Z. Luo, J. Zhang, X. Chang, Z. Huang, T. Wang, J. Gong, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56(2017) 4150-4155.
[10] H.J. Ahn, K.Y. Yoon, M.J. Kwak, J. Park, J.H. Jang, ACS Catal. 8(2018) 11932-11941.
[11] L. Wang, J. Zhu, X. Liu, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 (2019) 22272-22277.
[12] R. Gao, L. Wang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59(2020) 23094-23099.
[13] S. Hoang, P.X. Gao, Adv. Energy Mater. 6(2016) 1600683.
[14] H.M. Li, Z.Y. Wang, H.J. Jing, S.S. Yi, S.X. Zhang, X.Z. Yue, Z.T. Zhang, H.X. Lu, D.L. Chen, Appl. Catal. B Environ. 284(2021) 119760.
[15] R. Gao, X. Liu, X. Zhang, L. Wang, Nano Energy 89 (2021) 106360.
[16] R. Gao, D. He, L. Wu, K. Hu, X. Liu, Y. Su, L. Wang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59(2020) 6213-6218.
[17] X. Wang, W. Gao, Z. Zhao, L. Zhao, J.P. Claverie, X. Zhang, J. Wang, H. Liu, Y. Sang, Appl. Catal. B Environ. 248(2019) 388-393.
[18] Y. Fu, C.L. Dong, Z. Zhou, W.Y. Lee, J. Chen, P. Guo, L. Zhao, S. Shen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18(2016) 3846-3853.
[19] R. Gao, S. Liu, X. Guo, R. Zhang, J. He, X. Liu, T. Nakajima, X. Zhang, L. Wang, Adv. Energy Mater. 11(2021) 2102384.
[20] Q. Zhu, C. Yu, X. Zhang, J. Energy Chem. 35(2019) 30-36.
[21] S. Kim, M.A. Mahadik, W.S. Chae, J. Ryu, S.H. Choi, J.S. Jang, Appl. Surf. Sci. 513(2020) 145528.
[22] H. Lan, J. Deng, J. Zhong, Int. J. Hydrogen Energ. 44(2019) 16436-16442.
[23] Z. Sun, G. Fang, J. Li, J. Mo, X. He, X. Wang, Z. Yu, Chem. Phys. Lett. 754(2020) 137736.
[24] T. Jiao, C. Lu, D. Zhang, K. Feng, S. Wang, Z. Kang, J. Zhong, Appl. Catal. B Environ. 269(2020) 118768.
[25] C. Wang, S. Wei, F. Li, X. Long, T. Wang, P. Wang, S. Li, J. Ma, J. Jin, Nanoscale 12 (2020) 3259-3266.
[26] R. Wang, Y. Kuwahara, K. Mori, C. Louis, Y. Bu, H. Yamashita, J. Mater. Chem. A 8 (2020) 21613-21622.
[27] C. Feng, L. Wang, S. Fu, K. Fan, Y. Zhang, Y. Bi, J. Mater. Chem. A 6 (2018) 19342-19346.
[28] S. Shen, P. Guo, D.A. Wheeler, J. Jiang, S.A. Lindley, C.X. Kronawitter, J.Z. Zhang, L. Guo, S.S. Mao, Nanoscale 5 (2013) 9867-9874.
[29] Y. Ling, G. Wang, D.A. Wheeler, J.Z. Zhang, Y. Li, Nano Lett. 11(2011) 2119-2125.
[30] J. Deng, X. Lv, H. Zhang, B. Zhao, X. Sun, J. Zhong, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18(2016) 10453-10458.
[31] A. Pu, J. Deng, M. Li, J. Gao, H. Zhang, Y. Hao, J. Zhong, X. Sun, J. Mater. Chem. A 2 (2014) 2491-2497.
[32] X. Lv, K. Nie, H. Lan, X. Li, Y. Li, X. Sun, J. Zhong, S.T. Lee, Nano Energy 32 (2017) 526-532.
[33] K. Yoon, J. Park, M. Jung, S. Ji, H. Lee, J.H. Seo, M. Kwak, S. Seok, J.H. Lee, J. Jang, Nat. Commun. 12(2021) 4309.
[34] L. Yue, S. Zhang, H. Zhao, M. Wang, J. Mi, Y. Feng, D. Wang, J. Alloy. Compd. 765(2018) 1263-1266.
[35] Y. Pan, Y. Gao, D. Kong, G. Wang, J. Hou, S. Hu, H. Pan, J. Zhu, Langmuir 28 (2012) 6045-6051.
[36] F. Li, J. Li, L. Gao, Y. Hu, X. Long, S. Wei, C. Wang, J. Jin, J. Ma, J. Mater. Chem. A 6 (2018) 23478-23485.
[37] P. Chen, T. Zhou, S. Wang, N. Zhang, Y. Tong, H. Ju, W. Chu, C. Wu, Y. Xie, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57(2018) 15471-15475.
[38] M.J. Katz, S.C. Riha, N.C. Jeong, A.B.F.Martinson, O.K. Farha, J.T. Hupp, Coordin. Chem. Rev. 256(2012) 2521-2529.
[39] G. Mountjoy, D.M. Pickup, R. Anderson, G.W. Wallidge, M.A. Holland, R.J. Newport, M.E. Smith, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2(2000) 2455-2460.
[40] S.K. Gupta, P.S. Ghosh, A.K. Yadav, N. Pathak, A. Arya, S.N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya, R.M. Kadam, Inorg. Chem. 55(2016) 1728-1740.
[41] G. Liu, Y. Zhao, N. Li, R. Yao, M. Wang, Y. Wu, F. Zhao, J. Li, Electrochim. Acta 307 (2019) 197-205.
[42] Z. Sun, X. He, J. Liu, B. Liu, H. Li, X. Jia, Z. Yu, H. Chang, Catal. Lett. 151(2021) 3135-3144.
[43] X. Lv, X. Xiao, M. Cao, Y. Bu, C. Wang, M. Wang, Y. Shen, Appl. Surf. Sci. 439(2018) 1065-1071.
[44] J.Y. Kim, D.H. Youn, K. Kang, J.S. Lee, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55(2016) 10854-10858.
[45] S.S. Yi, J.M. Yan, Q. Jiang, J. Mater. Chem. A 6 (2018) 9839-9845.
[46] T. Wang, X. Long, S. Wei, P. Wang, C. Wang, J. Jin, G. Hu, ACS Appl Mater. Interfaces 12 (2020) 49705-49712.

FeF_x and Fe₂ZrO₅ Co-modified hematite for highly efficient solar water splitting

PDF (PC)

Knowledge

Abstract

Cite this article

share this article

share this article

References

Related Articles 11

Recommended Articles

Metrics

[1]	Tae Sik Koh, Periyasamy Anushkkaran, Weon-Sik Chae, Hyun Hwi Lee, Sun Hee Choi, Jum Suk Jang. Gradient Si-and Ti-doped Fe₂O₃ hierarchical homojunction photoanode for efficient solar water splitting: Effect of facile microwave-assisted growth of Si-FeOOH on Ti-FeOOH nanocorals [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 77(2): 27-37.
[2]	Lei Gao, Manrong Song, Ruo Zhao, Songbai Han, Jinlong Zhu, Wei Xia, Juncao Bian, Liping Wang, Song Gao, Yonggang Wang, Ruqiang Zou, Yusheng Zhao. Effects of fluorination on crystal structure and electrochemical performance of antiperovskite solid electrolytes [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 77(2): 521-528.
[3]	Jiawei Shi, Huawei He, Yinghua Guo, Feng Ji, Jing Li, Yi Zhang, Chengwei Deng, Liyuan Fan, Weiwei Cai. Enabling high-efficiency ethanol oxidation on NiFe-LDH via deprotonation promotion and absorption inhibition [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 85(10): 76-82.
[4]	Jianyong Feng, Xin Zhao, Bowei Zhang, Zhong Chen, Zhaosheng Li, Yizhong Huang. In situ optical spectroscopic understanding of electrochemical passivation mechanism on sol-gel processed WO₃ photoanodes [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 71(8): 20-28.
[5]	Yiming Leng, Bolong Yang, Yun Zhao, Zhonghua Xiang. Fluorinated bimetallic nanoparticles decorated carbon nanofibers as highly active and durable oxygen electrocatalyst for fuel cells [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 73(10): 549-555.
[6]	Zhen zhenWang, Jiayue Rong, Jiaqi Lv, Ruifeng Chong, Ling Zhang, Li Wang, Zhixian Chang, Xiang Wang. Chelation-mediated in-situ formation of ultrathin cobalt (oxy)hydroxides on hematite photoanode towards enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 56(5): 152-161.
[7]	Haiyan Ji, Shan Shao, Guotao Yuan, Cheng Lu, Kun Feng, Yujian Xia, Xiaoxin Lv, Jun Zhong, Hui Xu, Jiujun Deng. Unraveling the role of Ti₃C₂ MXene underlayer for enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation of hematite photoanodes [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 52(1): 147-154.
[8]	Jinxing Yu, Xiaoxiang Xu. Fluorination over Cr doped layered perovskite Sr₂TiO₄ for eﬃcient photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light illumination [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2020, 51(12): 30-38.
[9]	Quansong Zhu, Chunlin Yu, Xingwang Zhang. Ti, Zn co-doped hematite photoanode for solar driven photoelectrochemical water oxidation [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2019, 28(8): 30-36.
[10]	Hua Tan, Baoqi Wu, Jun Zhang, Qiang Tao, Wenhong Peng, Weiguo Zhu. High-performance asymmetric small molecular donor materials based on indenothiophene for solution-processed organic solar cells [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2019, 28(4): 27-33.
[11]	Mohammad Reza Housaindokht1*, Ali Nakhaei Pour. Precipitation of hematite nanoparticles via reverse microemulsion process [J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2011, 20(6): 687-692.