Combined Charge Carrier Transport and Photoelectrochemical Characterization of BiVO4 Single Crystals: Intrinsic Behavior of a Complex Metal Oxide

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135; no. 30; pp. 11389 - 11396
• Main Authors: Rettie, Alexander J. E, Lee, Heung Chan, Marshall, Luke G, Lin, Jung-Fu, Capan, Cigdem, Lindemuth, Jeffrey, McCloy, John S, Zhou, Jianshi, Bard, Allen J, Mullins, C. Buddie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 31.07.2013
• Subjects: bismuth; color; crystals; electrodes; hydrogen; molybdenum; oxidation; oxides; photons; Raman spectroscopy; temperature

Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a promising photoelectrode material for the oxidation of water, but fundamental studies of this material are lacking. To address this, we report electrical and photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of BiVO4 single crystals (undoped, 0.6% Mo, and 0.3% W:BiVO4) grown using...