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Published on: November 16, 2018
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Swathi Sunkara1, Venkat Kalyan Vendra, Jacek Bogdan Jasinski
1Department of Chemical Engineering and Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Abstract:
A novel visible-light-absorbing dilute alloy, Ga(Sbx)N1-x is synthesized by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) for solar hydrogen production. Significant bandgap reduction of GaN, from 3.4 eV to 1.8 eV, is observed, with a low (2%) incorporation of antimonide, and the lattice expansion is in agreement with our first-principles calculations. The band edges of Ga(Sbx)N1-x are found to straddle the water redox potentials showing excellent suitability for solar water splitting.
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