@article{Wang2019, 
author = {Lu Wang and Jinzhan Su and Liejin Guo},
title = {Hierarchical growth of a novel Mn-Bi coupled BiVO4 arrays for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting},
year = {2019},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {12},
number = {3},
pages = {575-580},
keywords = {bismuth vanadate, photoelectrochemistry, solar water splitting, oxygen evolution},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-018-2256-9},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-018-2256-9},
abstract = {Oxygen evolving catalyst (OEC) is a critical determinant for the efficiency of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Here we report an approach to depositing a novel manganese borate (Mn-Bi) OER catalyst on BiVO4 nanocone photoanode by photodeposition in sodium borate buffer solution containing Mn(Ⅱ) ions. Due to the spontaneous photo-electric-field-enhancement effect at the vertically oriented BiVO4 nanocone structure, spherical Mn-Bi nanoparticle was selectively photodeposited at the apex of BiVO4 nanocone. Significant improvement of photocurrent was observed for the obtained hierarchical Mn-Bi/BiVO4 photoanode which could be ascribed to enhanced hole injection efficiency, especially in low bias region. It was observed that the injection efficiency of Mn-Bi/BiVO4 is 98% which gave a photocurrent of 0.94 mA/cm2 at 1.5 V vs. RHE.}
}