• 文献标题:   Lightly Fluorinated Graphene as a Protective Layer for n-Type Si(111) Photoanodes in Aqueous Electrolytes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NIELANDER AC, THOMPSON AC, ROSKE CW, MASLYN JA, HAO YF, PLYMALE NT, HONE J, LEWIS NS
  • 作者关键词:   photoelectrochemistry, graphene, 2d material, solar energy conversion, anticorrosion
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   CALTECH
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00773
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The behavior of n-Si(111) photoanodes covered by monolayer sheets of fluorinated graphene (F-Gr) was investigated under a range of chemical and electrochemical conditions. The electrochemical behavior of n-Si/F-Gr and np(+)-Si/F-Gr photoanodes was compared to hydride-terminated n-Si (n-Si-H) and np(+)-Si-H electrodes in contact with aqueous Fe(CN)(6)(3/-4-) and Br-2/HBr electrolytes as well as in contact with a series of outer-sphere, one-electron redox couples in nonaqueous electrolytes. Illuminated n-Si/F-Gr and np(+)-Si/F-Gr electrodes in contact with an aqueous K-3(Fe(CN)(6)/K-4(Fe(CN)(6) solutions exhibited stable short-circuit photocurrent densities of similar to 10 mA cm(-2) for 100,000 s (>24 h), in comparison to bare Si electrodes, which yielded nearly a complete photocurrent decay over similar to 00 s. X-ray photoelectron spectra collected before and after exposure to aqueous anodic conditions showed that oxide formation at the Si surface was significantly inhibited for Si electrodes coated with F-Gr relative to bare Si electrodes exposed to the same conditions. The variation of the open-circuit potential for n-Si/F-Gr in contact with a series of nonaqueous electrolytes of varying reduction potential indicated that the n-Si/F-Gr did not form a buried junction with respect to the solution contact. Further, illuminated n-Si/FGr electrodes in contact with Br-2/HBr(aq) were significantly more electrochemically stable than n-Si-H electrodes, and n-Si/F-Gr electrodes coupled to a Pt catalyst exhibited ideal regenerative cell efficiencies of up to 5% for the oxidation of Br- to Br-2.