Construction of BiVO<sub>4</sub>/BiOCl@C Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

Jiaxin Li; Hao Yuan; Wenjie Zhang; Ruijie Zhu; Zhengbo Jiao

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Jiaxin Li, Hao Yuan, Wenjie Zhang, Ruijie Zhu, and Zhengbo Jiao, Construction of BiVO₄/BiOCl@C Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 29(2022), No. 11, pp. 1971-1980. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-022-2481-9

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Jiaxin Li, Hao Yuan, Wenjie Zhang, Ruijie Zhu, and Zhengbo Jiao, Construction of BiVO4/BiOCl@C Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 29(2022), No. 11, pp. 1971-1980. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-022-2481-9

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Construction of BiVO₄/BiOCl@C Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance

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Zhengbo Jiao E-mail: jiaozhb@qdu.edu.cn
Received: 30 December 2021; Revised: 16 March 2022; Accepted: 21 March 2022; Available online: 23 March 2022

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A Z-scheme heterostructure of Mo, W co-doped BiVO₄ (Mo,W:BVO/BiOCl@C) was fabricated by a simple solid solution drying and calcination (SSDC) method. The heterostructure was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), etc. Under visible light irradiation, Mo,W:BVO/BiOCl@C heterostructure exhibits excellent photoelectrochemical capability compared with other as-prepared samples. The photocurrent density and the incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency (IPCE) are about 5.4 and 9.0 times higher than those of pure BiVO₄, respectively. The enhancement of the photoelectrochemical performance can be attributed to the construct of Z-scheme system, which is deduced from the radical trapping experiments. The Mo,W:BVO/BiOCl@C Z-scheme heterojunction enhances the visible-light absorption and reduces the recombination rate of charge carriers. This work provides an effective strategy to construct Z-scheme photoelectrodes for the application of photoelectrochemical water splitting.
- photoelectrochemical;
- bismuth vanadate;
- BiOCl;
- Z-scheme;
- carbon

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