Prof. Biaobiao Zhang’s group at the Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels at Westlake University has published a research paper in the JACS Au. The paper is titled “Surface Reconstruction and Passivation of BiVO4 Photoanodes Depending on the “Structure Breaker” Cs+.”
The research reported Cs+ at the BiVO4 photoanode–electrolyte interfaces participated in BiVO4 surface photocorrosion to form a Cs+-doped bismuth vanadium oxide amorphous thin layer, which inhibited the continuous photocorrosion of BiVO4 and promoted surface charge transfer and water oxidation.
Visiting student Chen Tao from Liaoning University is the first author. Prof. Biaobiao Zhang from the Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel at Westlake University and Yi Jiang from Liaoning University are corresponding authors.