TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative Study of p-type CuBi2O4 Films and CuBi2O4 Nanopillars Photocathode for High Performance Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
AU - Nasori, Nasori
AU - Rubiyanto, Agus
AU - Endarko, Endarko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/11/22
Y1 - 2019/11/22
N2 - Traditional thin films and nanostructure are the most reasonable candidates to build the next generation of photoelectrochemical water splitting system with outstanding optical and electrical properties. Especially the use of nanostructure arrays as photoelectrodes might complement the traditional semiconductor photoelectrodes in providing close transfer distance of photoinduced carriers and the increase in the surface reaction sites than thin films. Both of the reasons reduce the probability of carriers recombination and thus enhancing the photoelectrochemical performances. In this work, we demonstrated highly efficient water splitting performance of CuBi2O4 nanopillars compared to thin film CuBi2O4 photocathode. The CuBi2O4 nanopillars were fabricated by electrodeposition on anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template. The CuBi2O4 nanopillars photocathode gave a notable improvement in photocurrent, from -0.50 to -1.50 mA cm-2 at -0.45 V vs. Ag/AgCl by the external quantum yield more than 3 times at wavelength 420 nm. Finally, the result of the study appealed that the photoelectrode based on CuBi2O4 nanostructure arrays is an encouraging system for showing efficient water splitting system under visible light.
AB - Traditional thin films and nanostructure are the most reasonable candidates to build the next generation of photoelectrochemical water splitting system with outstanding optical and electrical properties. Especially the use of nanostructure arrays as photoelectrodes might complement the traditional semiconductor photoelectrodes in providing close transfer distance of photoinduced carriers and the increase in the surface reaction sites than thin films. Both of the reasons reduce the probability of carriers recombination and thus enhancing the photoelectrochemical performances. In this work, we demonstrated highly efficient water splitting performance of CuBi2O4 nanopillars compared to thin film CuBi2O4 photocathode. The CuBi2O4 nanopillars were fabricated by electrodeposition on anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template. The CuBi2O4 nanopillars photocathode gave a notable improvement in photocurrent, from -0.50 to -1.50 mA cm-2 at -0.45 V vs. Ag/AgCl by the external quantum yield more than 3 times at wavelength 420 nm. Finally, the result of the study appealed that the photoelectrode based on CuBi2O4 nanostructure arrays is an encouraging system for showing efficient water splitting system under visible light.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1373/1/012016
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/1373/1/012016
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85077033197
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 1373
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012016
T2 - 2019 Conference on Fundamental and Applied Science for Advanced Technology, ConFAST 2019
Y2 - 21 January 2019 through 22 January 2019
ER -