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All Solution-Processed, Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photocathode for Hydrogen Evolution

Comas Rojas, Hansel
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Bellani, Sebastiano
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Aluicio Sarduy, Eduardo
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2017
Acs Omega

Nowadays, the efficient, stable, and scalable conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels represents a great scientific, economic, and ethical challenge. Amongst the available candidate technologies, photoelectrochemical water splitting potentially has the most promising technoeconomic trade-off between cost and efficiency. However, research on semiconductors and photoelectrode architectures suitable for H-2 evolution has focused mainly on the use of fabrication techniques and inorganic materials that are not easily scalable. Here, we report for the first time an all solution-processed approach for the fabrication of hybrid organic/inorganic photocathodes based on organic semiconductor bulk heterojunctions that exhibit promising photoelectrochemical performance. The sequential deposition of inorganic material, charge-selective contacts, visible-light sensitive organic polymers, and earth-abundant, nonprecious catalyst by spin coating leads to state-of-the-art photoelectrochemical parameters, comprising a high onset potential [+ 0.602 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)] and a positive maximum power point (+0.222 V vs RHE), a photocurrent density as high as 5.25 mA/cm(2) at 0 V versus RHE, an incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency at 0 V versus RHE of above 35%, and 100% faradaic efficiency for hydrogen production. The demonstrated all solution-processed hybrid photoelectrodes represent an eligible candidate for the scalable and low-cost solar-to-H-2 conversion technology that embodies the feasibility requirements for large area, plant-scale applications.

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DOI
10.1021/acsomega.7b00558
Web of Science ID

WOS:000409909900039

Author(s)
Comas Rojas, Hansel
Bellani, Sebastiano
Aluicio Sarduy, Eduardo
Fumagalli, Francesco
Mayer, Matthew T.  
Schreier, Marcel  
Gratzel, Michael  
Di Fonzo, Fabio
Antognazza, Maria Rosa
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
Acs Omega
Volume

2

Issue

7

Start page

3424

End page

3431

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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Available on Infoscience
October 9, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/141088
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