title: Bridging the transport pathway of charge carriers in a Ta3N5 nanotube array photoanode for solar water splitting.
abstract: This paper describes an approach to synthesize a tightly adhered Ta3N5 nanotube array (NTA) photoanode with enhanced electron conductivity between the Ta3N5 layer and the substrate via a two-step anodization method. The obtained tightly adhered Ta3N5 NTA photoanode exhibits excellent photoelectrochemical properties with an optimal photocurrent up to 5.3 mA cm(-2) at 1.6 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode. This approach provides an effective strategy to address the adhesion issue of one dimensional semiconductor photoanodes.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China. jlgong@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jijie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gong