Enhanced solar water splitting using plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer and unidirectional charge carrier transport

Huaping Jia; Yat Lam Wong; Bingzhe Wang; Guichuan Xing; Chi Chung Tsoi; Meiling Wang; Wendong Zhang; Aoqun Jian; Shengbo Sang; Dangyuan Lei; Xuming Zhang

doi:10.1364/OE.440777

Enhanced solar water splitting using plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer and unidirectional charge carrier transport

Huaping Jia, Yat Lam Wong, Bingzhe Wang, Guichuan Xing, Chi Chung Tsoi, Meiling Wang, Wendong Zhang, Aoqun Jian (Corresponding Author), Shengbo Sang (Corresponding Author), Dangyuan Lei, Xuming Zhang (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Solar water splitting by photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactions is promising for hydrogen production. The gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are often applied to promote the visible response of wideband photocatalysts. However, in a typical TiO2/AuNPs structure, the opposite transfer direction of excited electrons between AuNPs and TiO2 under visible light and UV light severely limits the solar PEC performance. Here we present a unique Pt/TiO2/Cu2O/NiO/AuNPs photocathode, in which the NiO hole transport layer (HTL) is inserted between AuNPs and Cu2O to achieve unidirectional transport of charge carriers and prominent plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer (PIRET) between AuNPs and Cu2O. The measured applied bias photon-to-current efficiency and the hydrogen production rate under AM 1.5G illumination can reach 1.5% and 16.4 μmol·cm^0−2·h^−1, respectively. This work is original in using the NiO film as the PIRET spacer and provides a promising photoelectrode for energy-efficient solar water splitting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34810–34825
Number of pages	16
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	29
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.440777
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2021

Keywords

Hole transport layer
Surface plasmon resonance
Plasmon-induced resonant energy transfer
Photoelectrochemical water splitting
hydrogen evolution reaction

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Enhanced solar water splitting using plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer and unidirectional charge carrier transport

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