title: Template-free synthesis of hematite photoanodes with nanostructured ATO conductive underlayer for PEC water splitting.
abstract: Hematite is a promising semiconductor candidate for PEC water splitting. However, hematite is far well short of the theoretical value of solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency because of the fast recombination of photogenerated carriers. To address this limitation, a facile template-free preparation of hematite photoanode with nanostructured ATO (antimony-doped tin oxide) conductive underlayer served as a scaffold to transport photogenerated electron was developed to decrease the recombination opportunities of the carriers. Furthermore, the constructed ATO scaffold could also increase the light absorption of hematite and the number of the carriers, resulting in better PEC performance of hematite.
authors: Division of Physical Biology, and Bioimaging Center, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201800, China.
authors: Degao
authors: D
authors: Wang
authors: Yuying
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Jianqiang
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Cheng
authors: C
authors: Peng
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Huang
authors: Shao
authors: S
authors: Su
authors: Lianhui
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Huang
authors: Chunhai
authors: C
authors: Fan