Preparation and Photoelectrochemical Performance of Bi1-xFexVO4 Thin Film Photoanodes

doi:10.7503/cjcu20210162

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Abstract:

Herein， Bi_1-_xFe_xVO₄（x=0， 0.05， 0.10， 0.25， 0.40） thin films were prepared on fluorine-doped tin dioxide（FTO） conductive glasses by one-step drop-coating approach， and their structural， morphological， optical and photoelectrochemical（PEC） properties were characterized. It is found that Bi_1-_xFe_xVO₄ thin films with Fe addition show the better PEC performance compared with BiVO₄ thin film. At the potential of 1.23 V（vs. RHE）， a highest photocurrent density of 0.50 mA/cm² for water oxidation is obtained for 25% Fe-BiVO₄（the actual Fe content is 22.5%） thin film in 0.1 mol/L potassium phosphate buffer solution（pH=7.0）， which is three times higher than that of BiVO₄ thin film. Combined with X-ray diffraction（XRD）， Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS） analyses， it is confirmed that Fe³⁺ presents in form of FeVO₄ in the Bi_1-_xFe_xVO₄ thin films， thus actually a BiVO₄/FeVO₄ composite film is prepared. The UV-Vis measurements reveal that all the Bi_1-_xFe_xVO₄ thin films exhibit an optical band gap of 2.4—2.5 eV. After eliminating the effort of iron-based OER catalysts， the improved PEC activity of 25% Fe-BiVO₄ thin film could be attributed to the increment of charge transfer efficiency（η_trans） and separation efficiency（η_sep）， which is also verified by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy（EIS） tests. The flat band potentials of BiVO₄ and FeVO₄ thin films are determined to be 0.10 V and 0.42 V（vs. RHE） from Mott-Schottky measurements. Based on the measured optical band gap and flat band potential， a schematic diagram of band structure is plotted， and the result displays that a type Ⅱ band alignment is formed between BiVO₄ and FeVO₄， which could promote the separation and transfer of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Therefore， the mechanism for the improved PEC performance of 25% Fe-BiVO₄ thin film could be explained by favorable separation and transfer of carriers resulted from the type Ⅱ band alignment.

Key words: Photoelectrochemical water splitting, Bismuth vanadate, Carrier surface recombination, Type II heterojunction, Composite film

CLC Number:

O649.4

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TANG Ding, ZHONG Shuiping. Preparation and Photoelectrochemical Performance of Bi_1-_xFe_xVO₄ Thin Film Photoanodes[J]. Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2021, 42(8): 2509.

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Sample	Atomic composition（%）			n（Fe）/n（Bi+Fe）	n（Bi+Fe）/n（V）
Sample	Bi	Fe	V	n（Fe）/n（Bi+Fe）	n（Bi+Fe）/n（V）
BiVO₄	46.47	—	53.53	—	0.87
5% Fe?BiVO₄	44.82	1.47	53.71	0.032	0.86
10% Fe?BiVO₄	42.85	2.99	54.16	0.065	0.85
25% Fe?BiVO₄	35.63	10.34	54.03	0.225	0.85
40% Fe?BiVO₄	28.59	17.99	53.42	0.386	0.87

Sample	Atomic composition（%）			n（Fe）/n（Bi+Fe）	n（Bi+Fe）/n（V）
Sample	Bi	Fe	V	n（Fe）/n（Bi+Fe）	n（Bi+Fe）/n（V）
BiVO₄	46.47	—	53.53	—	0.87
5% Fe?BiVO₄	44.82	1.47	53.71	0.032	0.86
10% Fe?BiVO₄	42.85	2.99	54.16	0.065	0.85
25% Fe?BiVO₄	35.63	10.34	54.03	0.225	0.85
40% Fe?BiVO₄	28.59	17.99	53.42	0.386	0.87

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