Integrated p-n Junctions for Efficient Solar Water Splitting upon TiO2/CdS/BiSbS3 Ternary Hybrids for Improved Hydrogen Evolution and Mechanistic Insights

Meena, Bhagatram and Kumar, Mohit and Kumar, Arun and Sinha, Gudipati Neeraja and Nagumothu, Rameshbabu and Subramanyam, Palyam and Suryakala, Duvvuri and Subrahmanyam, Challapalli (2022) Integrated p-n Junctions for Efficient Solar Water Splitting upon TiO2/CdS/BiSbS3 Ternary Hybrids for Improved Hydrogen Evolution and Mechanistic Insights. Catalysts, 12 (10). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2073-4344

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Abstract

The development of efficient and novel p-n heterojunctions for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is still a challenging problem. We have demonstrated the complementary nature of (p-type) BiSbS3 as a sensitizer when coupled with (n-type) TiO2/CdS to improve the photocatalytic activity and solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency. The as-prepared p-n heterojunction TiO2/CdS/BiSbS3 exhibits good visible light harvesting capacity and high charge separation over the binary heterojunction, which are confirmed by photoluminescence (PL) and electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The ternary heterojunction produces higher H2 than the binary systems TiO2/CdS and TiO2/BiSbS3. This ternary heterojunction system displayed the highest photocurrent density of 5 mA·cm−2 at 1.23 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in neutral conditions, and STH of 3.8% at 0.52 V vs. RHE is observed. The improved photocatalytic response was due to the favorable energy band positions of CdS and BiSbS3. This study highlights the p-n junction made up of TiO2/CdS/BiSbS3, which promises efficient charge formation, separation, and suppression of charge recombination for improved PEC water splitting efficiency. Further, no appreciable loss of activity was observed for the photoanode over 2500 s. Band alignment and interfaces mechanisms have been studied as well. © 2022 by the authors.

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Subrahmanyam, ChallapalliUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Additional Information: BM and MK are grateful for the CSIR research fellowship from India. CS would like to acknowledge the support from the JICA Friendship 2.0 grant.
Uncontrolled Keywords: BiSbS3; nanospheres; p-n junction; photoanode; solar water splitting; ternary hybrid
Subjects: Chemistry
Divisions: Department of Chemistry
Depositing User: . LibTrainee 2021
Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2022 10:12
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2022 10:16
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/11241
Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.3390/catal12101117
OA policy: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/22266
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