• 文献标题:   Atomic-Scale Tuning of Graphene/Cubic SiC Schottky Junction for Stable Low-Bias Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-Fuel Conversion
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI H, SHI YC, SHANG H, WANG WM, LU J, ZAKHAROV AA, HULTMAN L, UHRBERG RIG, SYVAJARVI M, YAKIMOVA R, ZHANG LZ, SUN JW
  • 作者关键词:   sic, graphene, schottky junction, photoelectrochemishy, co2 reduction
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Linkoping Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.0c00986
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Engineering tunable graphene-semiconductor interfaces while simultaneously preserving the superior properties of graphene is critical to graphene-based devices for electronic, optoelectronic, biomedical, and photoelectrochemical applications. Here, we demonstrate this challenge can be surmounted by constructing an interesting atomic Schottky junction via epitaxial growth of high-quality and uniform graphene on cubic SiC (3C-SiC). By tailoring the graphene layers, the junction structure described herein exhibits an atomic-scale tunable Schottky junction with an inherent built-in electric field, making it a perfect prototype to systematically comprehend interfacial electronic properties and transport mechanisms. As a proof-of-concept study, the atomicscale-tuned Schottky junction is demonstrated to promote both the separation and transport of charge carriers in a typical photoelectrochemical system for solar-to-fuel conversion under low bias. Simultaneously, the as-grown monolayer graphene with an extremely high conductivity protects the surface of 3C-SiC from photocorrosion and energetically delivers charge carriers to the loaded cocatalyst, achieving a synergetic enhancement of the catalytic stability and efficiency.