title: The promotion effect of surface negative electrostatic field on the photogenerated charge separation of BiVO4 and its contribution to the enhanced PEC water oxidation.
abstract: The increased surface-carried negative charge of BiVO4 after phosphate modification prolongs the photogenerated charge carrier lifetime and improves the separation by inducing the holes to transfer to the surface, leading to the obvious enhancement of visible light activities for PEC water oxidation.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry (Heilongjiang University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Harbin 150080, P. R. China. jinglq@hlju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Mingzheng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Humayun
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Yujie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Liqiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jing