Facile synthesis of tungsten oxide – Bismuth vanadate nanoflakes as photoanode material for solar water splitting

Akram A.M. Ibrahim; Ibrahim Khan; Naseer Iqbal; Ahsanullhaq Qurashi

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.09.095

Facile synthesis of tungsten oxide – Bismuth vanadate nanoflakes as photoanode material for solar water splitting

Akram A.M. Ibrahim, Ibrahim Khan, Naseer Iqbal, Ahsanullhaq Qurashi

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Abstract

This research article describes the synthesis of hetero-structured WO₃/BiVO₄ nanoflakes as photoanode material for photoelectrochemical water splitting. The heterojunction WO₃/BiVO₄ nanoflakes developed by facile hydrothermal method. WO₃/BiVO₄ uniform films fabricated simply by drop casting technique onto indium oxide tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates. Detailed morphological, structural and compositional characterization of WO₃/BiVO₄ carried out by XRD, FE-SEM, and EDX techniques. Optical properties studied by Raman and UV–VIS spectroscopy, respectively. The band gap energy of WO₃/BiVO₄ hetero-junction estimated to be about 2.00 eV. These WO₃/BiVO₄ heterojunction structures offered enhanced photo-conversion efficiency and increased photo-corrosion stability. In addition, these nanoflakes films showed significantly enhanced photo-electrochemical properties due to their high surface-area and enhanced separation of the photo-generated charge at the WO₃/BiVO₄ interface. The effect of calcination temperature on WO₃/BiVO₄ also investigated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3423-3430
Number of pages	8
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	42
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.09.095
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Solar water splitting
WO
WO/BiVO heterojunctions
WO/BiVO nanoflakes

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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