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:Solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC-WS) using semiconductor photoelectrodes is considered a promising solution for sustainable, renewable, clean, safe and alternative energy sources such as hydrogen. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a novel heterostructure MoS2/GaN to be used as a photoanode for PEC-WS. The heterostructure was synthesized by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of single crystalline GaN onto a c-plane sapphire substrate, followed by the deposition of a visible light responding MoS2 monolayer (Eg = 1.9 eV) formed by a Mo-sulfurization technique. Our experimental results reveal that MoS2/GaN photoanode achieved efficient light harvesting with photocurrent density of 5.2 mA cm-2 at 0 V vs Ag/AgCl, which is 2.6 times higher than pristine GaN. Interestingly, MoS2/GaN exhibited a significantly enhanced applied-bias-photon-to-current conversion efficiency of 0.91%, whereas reference GaN yielded an efficiency of 0.32%. The superior PEC performance of the MoS2/GaN photoelectrode is mainly related to the enhanced light absorption due to excellent photocatalytic behavior of MoS2, which reduces charge transfer resistance between the semiconductor and electrolyte interface, and the improvement of charge separation and transport. This result gives a new perspective on the importance of MoS2 as a cocatalyst coated onto GaN to synthesize photoelectrodes for efficient solar energy conversion devices.
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Hassan MA,Kim MW,Johar MA,Waseem A,Kwon MK,Ryu SWdoi
10.1038/s41598-019-56807-ysubject
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2019-12-27 00:00:00pages
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