Synergistic effect of p-type and n-type dopants in semiconductors for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting
Tuğçe Kutlusoy, Spyridon Divanis, Rebecca K. Pittkowski, Riccardo Marina, Adrian Frandsen, Kateřina Minhová Macounová, Roman Nebel, Dongni Zhao, Stijn F. L. Mertens, Harry E. Hoster, Petr Krtil, Jan Rossmeisl
Abstract
by co-substituting with different pairs of n- and p-type dopants. Our findings suggest that the co-substitution approach can be used to activate stable materials, with no intrinsic oxygen evolution activity, to design new catalysts for acid water electrolysis.
Topics & Concepts
DopantType (biology)SemiconductorWater splittingMaterials scienceNanotechnologyChemistryOptoelectronicsDopingCatalysisPhotocatalysisOrganic chemistryBiologyEcologyElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsAdvanced battery technologies research