Improved photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution using a defect-passivated Al2O3 thin film on p-Si
- Authors
- Park, Min-Joon; Jung, Jin-Young; Nam, Yoon-Ho; Song, Jae-Won; Jeong, Chaehwan; Lee, Jung-Ho
- Issue Date
- Oct-2016
- Publisher
- Elsevier Sequoia
- Keywords
- Silicon; Photocathode; Aluminum oxide interlayer; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Photoelectrochemical cell; Water splitting
- Citation
- Thin Solid Films, v.616, pp.550 - 554
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- Journal Title
- Thin Solid Films
- Volume
- 616
- Start Page
- 550
- End Page
- 554
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/12617
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tsf.2016.09.020
- ISSN
- 0040-6090
- Abstract
- A large amount of external overpotential is normally required to split water using p-type silicon (p-Si) due to the insufficient driving force between the conduction band-edge and the hydrogen evolution level. We demonstrate how inserting an Al2O3 interlayer between p-Si and the electrolyte mitigates the requirement of overpotentials. Since the Al2O3 film decreased the number of interface defect states, electrons were observed to migrate into the Si surface so that negative charges accumulated at the band-edge of silicon. This resulted in band bending enhancement and a reduction of the overpotential requirement. In our result, the overpotential of similar to 150 mV was reduced at a current density of 20 mA/cm(2), and the onset voltage of similar to 70 mV was also reduced at the 1.4 nm thickness of Al2O3 interlayer. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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