Fabrication of Flower-Shaped SbS/FeO Heterostructures for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance.

Langmuir

State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.

Published: June 2024

Antimony sulfide (SbS) has been recognized as a catalytic material for splitting water by solar energy because of its suitable narrow band gap, high absorption coefficient, and abundance of elements. However, many deep-level defects in SbS result in a significant recombination of photoexcited electron-hole pairs, weakening its photoelectrochemical performance. Here, by using a simple hydrothermal and spin-coating method, we fabricated a step-scheme heterojunction of SbS/α-FeO to improve the photoelectrochemical performance of pure SbS. Our SbS/α-FeO photoanode has a photocurrent density of 1.18 mA/cm at 1.23 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode, 1.39 times higher than that of SbS (0.84 mA/cm). In addition, our heterojunction has a lower onset potential, a higher absorbance intensity, a higher incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency, a higher applied bias photon-to-current efficiency, and a lower charge transfer resistance compared to pure SbS. Based on ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, we constructed a step-scheme band structure of SbS/α-FeO to explain its photoelectrochemical enhancement. This work offers a promising strategy to optimize the performance of SbS photoelectrodes for solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting.

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