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Cobalt doped BiVO₄ with rich oxygen vacancies for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

ABSTRACT: A facile electrodeposition method was developed to prepare Co-BiVO₄ thin films with rich oxygen vacancies. The resulting photoanode exhibited a photocurrent density of 3.5 mA cm^-2 1.23 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), AM 1.5 G), which is over two times higher than that of undoped BiVO₄.

SUBMITTER: Liu G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055882 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

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Cobalt doped BiVO4 with rich oxygen vacancies for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

Liu Guoquan G Li Fei F Zhu Yong Y Li Jiayuan J Sun Licheng L

RSC advances 20200803 48

A facile electrodeposition method was developed to prepare Co-BiVO4 thin films with rich oxygen vacancies. The resulting photoanode exhibited a photocurrent density of 3.5 mA cm-2 1.23 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), AM 1.5 G), which is over two times higher than that of undoped BiVO4. ...[more]

PMID: 35520082

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