Vacancy defect engineering of BiVO<sub>4</sub>photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Songcan Wang, Xin Wang, Boyan Liu, Zhaochen Guo, Kostya Ostrikov, Lianzhou Wang, Wei Huang
Abstract
Vacancy defect engineering of BiVO 4 photoanodes including the generation of oxygen vacancies, vanadium vacancies, and bismuth vacancies can tune the electronic structure, promote charge separation, and increase surface photoreaction kinetics.
Topics & Concepts
Water splittingVacancy defectPhotoelectrochemistryMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyEngineering physicsCrystallographyElectrochemistryChemistryEngineeringCatalysisPhotocatalysisPhysical chemistryElectrodeBiochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications