title: Photoelectrochemical cells with tungsten trioxide/Mo-doped BiVO4 bilayers.
abstract: Mo-doped BiVO(4) nanocrystals with low bandgap energy were embedded into the surface of WO(3) film, resulting in WO(3)/BiV(0.95)Mo(0.05)O(4) photoanodes, which were tested in photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting. Bilayer photoelectrochemical cells showed enhanced photocurrent density: three times that shown by a cell with a pure WO(3) photoanode and 1.5 times that of a cell with a WO(3)/BiVO(4) bilayer photoanode. BiVO(4) showed poor charge carrier mobility; the performance of photoelectrochemical cells can be improved only when BiVO(4) is combined with a WO(3) bottom layer, even after Mo doping and tailoring its transition energies by atomic doping.
authors: Sungkyun Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea.
authors: Kan
authors: K
authors: Zhang
authors: Xin-Jian
authors: XJ
authors: Shi
authors: Jung Kyu
authors: JK
authors: Kim
authors: Jong Hyeok
authors: JH
authors: Park