CoNiO<sub>2</sub> as a novel water oxidation cocatalyst to enhance PEC water splitting performance of BiVO<sub>4</sub>
Guozhen Fang, Zhifeng Liu, Changcun Han, Xinguo Ma, Hui Lv, Chuyun Huang, Zhengwang Cheng, Zhengfu Tong, Pan Wang
Abstract
A strategy is proposed using CoNiO<sub>2</sub> as a novel water oxidation cocatalyst for modification of a BiVO<sub>4</sub> photoanode to improve the photoelectrochemical water splitting performance.
Topics & Concepts
Water splittingOverpotentialPhotocurrentOxygen evolutionMaterials scienceChemical engineeringNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsChemical physicsChemistryCatalysisPhotocatalysisPhysical chemistryElectrodeElectrochemistryEngineeringBiochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells