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Photoelectrochemical CO reduction (COR) is an appealing solution for converting carbon dioxide into higher-value products. However, COR in aqueous electrolytes suffers from poor selectivity due to the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction that is dominant on semiconductor surfaces in aqueous electrolytes. We demonstrate that functionalizing gold/p-type gallium nitride devices with a film derived from diphenyliodonium triflate suppresses hydrogen generation from 90% to 18%. As a result, we observe increases in the Faradaic efficiency and partial current density for carbon monoxide of 50% and 3-fold, respectively. Furthermore, we demonstrate through optical absorption measurements that the molecular film employed herein, regardless of thickness, does not affect the photocathode's light absorption. Altogether, this study provides a rigorous platform for elucidating the catalytic structure-property relationships to enable engineering of active, stable, and selective materials for photoelectrochemical COR.
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