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Minhua Ai, Zihang Peng, Xidi Li, Faryal Idrees, Xiangwen Zhang, Ji-Jun Zou, Lun Pan. Piezoelectric-enhanced n-TiO2/BaTiO3/p-TiO2 heterojunction for highly efficient photoelectrocatalysis. Green Energy&Environment, 2024, 9(9): 1466-1476. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2023.12.001
Citation: Minhua Ai, Zihang Peng, Xidi Li, Faryal Idrees, Xiangwen Zhang, Ji-Jun Zou, Lun Pan. Piezoelectric-enhanced n-TiO2/BaTiO3/p-TiO2 heterojunction for highly efficient photoelectrocatalysis. Green Energy&Environment, 2024, 9(9): 1466-1476. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2023.12.001
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Piezoelectric-enhanced n-TiO2/BaTiO3/p-TiO2 heterojunction for highly efficient photoelectrocatalysis

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2023.12.001

  • a. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China;

  • b. Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, China;

  • c. Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan;

  • d. Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China

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The authors appreciate the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22222808, 21978200, 22161142002), the Joint Research Programs of National Natural Science Foundation of China and Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF-NSFC-IV/Phy/P-PU(31)), and the Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations for financial support.

  • Received date 03 September 2023, Accepted date 03 December 2023, RevRecd date 20 November 2023, Publish date 06 December 2023,
    Abstract
  • Charge separation is critical for achieving efficient solar-to-hydrogen conversion, whereas piezoelectric-enhanced photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems can effectively modulate band bending and charge migration. Herein, we design an n-TiO2/BaTiO3/p-TiO2 (TBTm) heterojunction in which the piezoelectric BaTiO3 layer is sandwiched between n-TiO2 and p-TiO2. The built-in electric field of TBTm can provide a strong driving force to accelerate carrier separation and prolong carrier lifetime. Consequently, the TBT3 achieves a prominent photocurrent density, as high as 2.13 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which is 2.4- and 1.5-times higher than TiO2 and TiO2-BaTiO3 heterojunction, respectively. Driven by mechanical deformation, the induced dipole polarization can further regulate built-in electric fields, and the piezoelectric photocurrent density of TBT3-800 is 2.84 times higher than TiO2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE due to the construction of piezoelectric-heterostructures. This work provides a piezoelectric polarization strategy for modulating the built-in electric field of heterojunction for PEC system.

     

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