Solar-assisted urea oxidation at silicon photoanodes promoted by an amorphous and optically adaptive Ni–Mo–O catalytic layer
Joudi Dabboussi, Rawa Abdallah, Lionel Santinacci, Sandrine Zanna, Antoine Vacher, Vincent Dorcet, Stéphanie Fryars, Didier Floner, Gabriel Loget
Abstract
Silicon photoanodes with high activity and stability for the urea oxidation reaction are prepared by integrating an optically adaptive Ni–Mo–O coating on a metal–insulator–semiconductor junction.
Topics & Concepts
Layer (electronics)Materials scienceCatalysisAmorphous solidUreaAmorphous siliconSiliconChemical engineeringOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyChemistryCrystalline siliconCrystallographyOrganic chemistryEngineeringElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesSemiconductor materials and devices