Abstract
Hematite is a promising photocatalyst for solar water splitting while its performance has been severely limited by various factors. Recently surface Fe2TiO5 layer was widely reported to enhance the performance of hematite with a favorable band position to facilitate hole transport. Here we further show that the Fe2TiO5-incorporation in bulk hematite can also improve the performance with faster charge separation. Moreover, it can be well coupled with surface P-modification to simultaneously improve charge separation and hole transfer with a synergetic effect. The Ti and P co-modified hematite shows a significantly enhanced photocurrent of 2.37mA/cm2 at 1.23V vs. RHE when compared to the pristine value of 0.85mA/cm2. After coupling with Co-Pi catalysts, the hematite sample can even achieve a stable, high photocurrent of 2.90mA/cm2 at 1.23V vs. RHE. The design of Ti and P co-modified hematite hollow nanostructures can be used as a promising candidate for solar water splitting applications. The discrete Fe2TiO5-incorporation also provides a good insight on the mechanism to understand other Ti-based treatments of hematite.
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