High-performance Sb2S3 photoanode enabling iodide oxidation reaction for unbiased photoelectrochemical solar fuel production

Young Sun Park; Xiaoyan Jin; Jeiwan Tan; Hyungsoo Lee; Juwon Yun; Sunihl Ma; Gyumin Jang; Taehoon Kim; Sang Gi Shim; Kyungmin Kim; Jeongyoub Lee; Chan Uk Lee; Seong Ju Hwang; Jooho Moon

doi:10.1039/d1ee02940a

High-performance Sb₂S₃ photoanode enabling iodide oxidation reaction for unbiased photoelectrochemical solar fuel production

Young Sun Park, Xiaoyan Jin, Jeiwan Tan, Hyungsoo Lee, Juwon Yun, Sunihl Ma, Gyumin Jang, Taehoon Kim, Sang Gi Shim, Kyungmin Kim, Jeongyoub Lee, Chan Uk Lee, Seong Ju Hwang, Jooho Moon

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Abstract

The traditional photoelectrochemical (PEC) tandem configuration of hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) demands a considerable potential of 1.8 V due to theoretical water splitting potential as well as a large overpotential mainly derived by sluggish OER kinetics. The iodide oxidation reaction (IOR) is a promising alternative to OER due to its low thermodynamic energy and two-electron-involved fast reaction kinetics. Herein, we report a high-performance catalyst-modified Sb₂S₃ photoanode to drive IOR. A compact thin-film-type Sb₂S₃ absorber is fabricated via solution processing based on a thorough understanding of the molecular interaction in the precursor ink state. Moreover, the deposition of a multilayered catalyst RuO₂ nanosheet and polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride not only efficiently enhances the charge transfer kinetics but also passivates the surface defects of the Sb₂S₃ absorber. The resulting photoanode exhibits an efficient photocurrent density of 10 mA cm⁻² at 0.54 V compared to the normalized hydrogen electrode in hydroiodic acid.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4725-4737
Number of pages	13
Journal	Energy and Environmental Science
Volume	15
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee02940a
Publication status	Published - 2022 Sept 30

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This research was supported by the National R&D Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (2020R1A2C3008671, 2021R1A3B1068920, and 2021M3H4A1A03049662). This research was also supported by the Yonsei Signature Research Cluster program of 2021 (2021-22-0002). The experiments at PAL were supported in part by MOST and POSTECH.

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© 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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