Rigorous substrate cleaning process for reproducible thin film hematite (α-Fe2O3) photoanodes

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1565-1573

  Malviya, Kirtiman Deo ^a   Dotan, Hen ^a   Yoon, Ki Ro ^b   Kim, Il Doo ^b   Rothschild, Avner ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FTO; Iron oxide; Substrate cleaning; Thin films; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HEMATITE; IRON OXIDES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM OXIDES;

COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; FABRICATION OF THIN FILMS; FLUORINATED TIN OXIDES; FTO; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SUBSTRATE CLEANING; WATER SPLITTING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84945218543     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.300     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. N. S. Lewis and D. G. Nocera: Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103, 15729-15735 (2006).
2. J. Barber and P. D. Tran: From natural to artificial photosynthesis. J. R. Soc., Interface 10, 20120984 (2013).
3. M. Gratzel: Photoelectrochemical cells. Nature 414, 338-344 (2001).
4. M. G. Walter, E. L. Warren, J. R. McKone, S. W. Boettcher, Q. Mi, E. A. Santori, and N. S. Lewis: Solar water splitting cells. Chem. Rev. 110, 6446-6473 (2010).
5. G. A. Olah: Beyond oil and gas: The methanol economy. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 44, 2636-2639 (2005).
6. W. Wang, S. Wang, X. Ma, and J. Gong: Recent advances in catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide. Chem. Soc. Rev. 40, 3703-3727 (2011).
7. K. Sivula, F. Le Formal, and M. Grätzel: Solar water splitting: Progress using hematite (a-Fe2O3) photoelectrodes. ChemSusChem 4, 432-449 (2011).
8. Y. Lin, G. Yuan, S. Sheehan, S. Zhou, and D. Wang: Hematitebased solar water splitting: Challenges and opportunities. Energy Environ. Sci 4, 4862-4869 (2011).
9. M. J. Katz, S. C. Riha, N. C. Jeong, A. B. F. Martinson, O. K. Farha, and J. T. Hupp: Toward solar fuels: Water splitting with sunlight and "rust"? Coord. Chem. Rev. 256, 2521-2529 (2012).
10. D. K. Bora, A. Braun, and E. C. Constable: "In rust we trust". Hematite-The prospective inorganic backbone for artificial photosynthesis. Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 407-425 (2013).
11. K. M. H. Young, B. M. Klahr, O. Zandi, and T. W. Hamann: Photocatalytic water oxidation with hematite electrodes. Catal. Sci. Technol. 3, 1660-1671 (2013).
12. R. D. L. Smith, M. S. Prévot, R. D. Fagan, Z. Zhang, P. A. Sedach, M. K. J. Siu, S. Trudel, and C. P. Berlinguette: Photochemical route for accessing amorphous metal oxide materials for water oxidation catalysis. Science 340, 60-63 (2013).
13. M. S. Prévot and K. Sivula: Photoelectrochemical tandem cells for solar water splitting. J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 17879-17893 (2013).
14. F. J. Morin: Electrical properties of a-Fe2O3. Phys. Rev. 93, 1195-1199 (1954).
15. H. Dotan, O. Kfir, E. Sharlin, O. Blank, M. Gross, I. Dumchin, G. Ankonina, and A. Rothschild: Resonant light trapping in ultrathin films for water splitting. Nat. Mater. 12, 158-164 (2013).
16. S. C. Warren, K. Voïtchovsky, H. Dotan, C. M. Leroy, M. Cornuz, F. Stellacci, C. Hébert, A. Rothschild, and M. Grätzel: Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting. Nat. Mater. 12, 842-849 (2013).
17. J. Y. Kim, G. Magesh, D. H. Youn, J-W. Jang, J. Kubota, K. Domen, and J. S. Lee: Single-crystalline, wormlike hematite photoanodes for efficient solar water splitting. Sci. Rep. 3, 2681 (2013).
18. T. Hisatomi, H. Dotan, M. Stefik, K. Sivula, A. Rothschild, M. Grätzel, and N. Mathews: Enhancement in the performance of ultrathin hematite photoanode for water splitting by an oxide underlayer. Adv. Mater. 24, 2699-2702 (2012).
19. M. Barroso, A. J. Cowan, S. R. Pendlebury, M. Grätzel, D. R. Klug, and J. R. Durrant: The role of cobalt phosphate in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of a-Fe2O3 toward water oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 14868-14871 (2011).
20. C. Du, X. Yang, M. T. Mayer, H. Hoyt, J. Xie, G. McMahon, G. Bischoping, and D. Wang: Hematite-based water splitting with low turn-on voltages. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 52, 12692-12695 (2013).
21. S. D. Tilley, M. Cornuz, K. Sivula, and M. Grätzel: Light-induced water splitting with hematite: Improved nanostructure and iridium oxide catalysis. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 49, 6405-6408 (2010).
22. V. G. M. Sivel, J. Van den Brand, W. R. Wang, H. Mohdadi, F. D. Tichelaar, P. F. A. Alkemade, and H. W. Zandbergen: Application of the dual-beam FIB/SEM to metals research. J. Microsc. 214, 237-245 (2004).
23. S. Reyntjens and R. A. Puers: A review of focused ion beam applications in microsystem technology. J. Micromech. Microeng. 11, 287 (2001).
24. R. Krol: Chapter 2. Principles of Photoelectrochemical Cells. In Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, R. van de Krol and M. Grätzel eds. ; Springer: New York, 2012.
25. ASTM G173-03: Standard Tables for Reference Solar Spectral Irradiances: Direct Normal and Hemispherical on 37 Tilted Surface (DOI: 10. 1520/G0173-03R12). (2012).