Boosting photoelectrochemical water oxidation by sandwiching gold nanoparticles between BiVO<sub>4</sub> and NiFeOOH
Hang Yin, Yanzhen Guo, Nan Zhang, Yuyang Wang, Shouren Zhang, Ruibin Jiang
Abstract
A BiVO 4 /Au/NiFeOOH sandwich structure is constructed for enhanced PEC water oxidation. The generation of hot holes and tuning electronic states of Ni and Fe in NiFeOOH by Au NPs greatly enhance the OER activity.
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Materials scienceNanoparticleBoosting (machine learning)Chemical engineeringWater splittingNanotechnologyPhotocatalysisChemistryCatalysisComputer scienceEngineeringBiochemistryMachine learningAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsMultiferroics and related materials