Improved Stability of Atomic Layer Deposited Amorphous TiO2 Photoelectrode Coatings by Thermally Induced Oxygen Defects

Amorphous titanium dioxide (a-TiO2) combined with an electrocatalyst has shown to be a promising coating for stabilizing traditional semiconductor materials used in artificial photosynthesis for efficient photoelectrochemical solar-to-fuel energy conversion. In this study we report a detailed analys...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society. - 1998. - 30(2018), 4 vom: 27. Feb., Seite 1199-1208
1. Verfasser: Hannula, Markku (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ali-Löytty, Harri, Lahtonen, Kimmo, Sarlin, Essi, Saari, Jesse, Valden, Mika
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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520 |a Amorphous titanium dioxide (a-TiO2) combined with an electrocatalyst has shown to be a promising coating for stabilizing traditional semiconductor materials used in artificial photosynthesis for efficient photoelectrochemical solar-to-fuel energy conversion. In this study we report a detailed analysis of two methods of modifying an undoped thin film of atomic layer deposited (ALD) a-TiO2 without an electrocatalyst to affect its performance in water splitting reaction as a protective photoelectrode coating. The methods are high-temperature annealing in ultrahigh vacuum and atomic hydrogen exposure. A key feature in both methods is that they preserve the amorphous structure of the film. Special attention is paid to the changes in the molecular and electronic structure of a-TiO2 induced by these treatments. On the basis of the photoelectrochemical results, the a-TiO2 is susceptible to photocorrosion but significant improvement in stability is achieved after heat treatment in vacuum at temperatures above 500 °C. On the other hand, the hydrogen treatment does not increase the stability despite the ostensibly similar reduction of a-TiO2. The surface analysis allows us to interpret the improved stability to the thermally induced formation of O- species within a-TiO2 that are essentially electronic defects in the anionic framework 
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