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Oxygen Vacancy: How Will Poling History Affect Its Role in Photoelectrocatalysis
Xianlong Li1, Zhiliang Wang1, Yifan Bao1
1Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:
Oxygen vacancy (VO) has been recognized to possess an effect to promote the charge separation and transfer (CST) in various n-type semiconductor based photoelectrodes. But how external stimulus will change this VO effect has not been investigated. In this work, external polarization is applied to investigate the effect of VO on the CST process of a typical ferroelectric BiFeO3 photoelectrode. It is found that negative poling treatment can significantly boost VO effect, while positive poling treatment will deteriorate the CST capability in BiFeO3 photoelectrodes. This poling history determined VO effect is rooted in the VO induced defect dipoles, wherein their alignment produces a depolarization electric field to modulate the CST driving force. This finding highlights the significance of poling history in functionalizing the VO in a photoelectrode.
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