TY - JOUR ID - 82274 TI - Electrodeposited Co-Pi Catalyst on α-Fe2O3 Photoanode for Water-Splitting Applications JO - International Journal of Engineering JA - IJE LA - en SN - 1025-2495 AU - Toghraei, M. AU - Siadati, H. AD - Material Science and Engineering Department, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 31 IS - 12 SP - 2085 EP - 2091 KW - Solar Water Splitting KW - Photoanode KW - Hematite KW - Co-Pi KW - Electrodeposition DO - N2 - Optoelectronic properties of hematite (α-Fe2O3) as a photoanode and the required over-potential in photo-assisted water splitting has been improved by presence of Co-Pi on its surface. In order to increase the lifetime of the photogenerated holes and lower the applied bias, cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) on nanostructured α-Fe2O3 by electrodeposition was deposited. The nanostructure morphology of the α-Fe2O3 was confirmed by XRD and SEM. After depositing four different thicknesses of Co-Pi on α-Fe2O3, their photo-electrochemical (PEC) property was determined using linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and chronoamperometry. The SEM and EDX results showed a complete coverage of Co-Pi on α-Fe2O3 and that the Co:P ratio was approximately 1:1.9 for the best produced catalyst. The highest performance of about 200 mV decrease in the onset potential was achieved for the 30-minutes electrodeposited sample. The Co-Pi/α-Fe2O3 catalyst showed an enhancement of 100% of photocurrent compared to the bare α-Fe2O3. UR - https://www.ije.ir/article_82274.html L1 - https://www.ije.ir/article_82274_cac9ac8a1e2969385cffb50a1e7f6682.pdf ER -