Liu ZiYang, Jia Shiyu, Hu Yiwen, Fang Yanling, Feng Yongjun, Li Dianqing, Bai Shouli, Luo Ruixian, Chen Aifan
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemicals Analysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Dalton Trans. 2024 Oct 22;53(41):17059-17070. doi: 10.1039/d4dt01883d.
Photoelectrochemical water splitting represents a promising approach for directly converting solar energy into green hydrogen, offering a potential solution to the challenges of energy shortages and environmental pollution. In this work, a WO/ZnWO binary heterojunction was synthesised by a simple and effective one-step drop casting method to enhance the charge separation efficiency; ZnFe LDH was deposited on the surface of the heterojunction with the aim of accelerating water oxidation and synergising with the heterojunction to enhance the photoelectrochemical performance of the photoanode. The photocurrent density of the WO/ZnWO/ZnFe LDH electrode can reach 2.1 mA cm at 1.23 V ( RHE). This value is approximately 4 times greater than that observed for pure WO (0.53 mA cm). The IPCE and ABPE were able to improve by 3.1 times and 6 times, respectively.
