title: Hydrothermal grown nanoporous iron based titanate, Fe₂TiO₅ for light driven water splitting.
abstract: We report the synthesis of iron based titanate (Fe2TiO5) thin films using a simple low cost hydrothermal technique. We show that this Fe2TiO5 works well as a photoanode for the photoelectrochemical splitting of water due to favorable band energetic. Further characterization of thin films including band positions with respect to water redox levels has been investigated. We conclude that Fe2TiO5 is a promising material comparable to hematite for constructing PEC cells.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Prince Saurabh
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: Sing Yang
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chiam
authors.lastname: Gurudayal
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Lydia Helena
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wong
keywords: Mott−Schottky; UPS; band levels; photoanode; pseudobrookite; water oxidation