Issue 14, 2019
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Surface hydroxylated hematite promotes photoinduced hole transfer for water oxidation†

Changjin Tang,ac   Bowen Sun,a   Mingyang Li,cd   Jing Zhang,c   Xiaoli Fan,c   Fei Gao,b   Yexiang Tong, ORCID logo d   Lin Dong ORCID logo *ab  and  Yat Li ORCID logo *c  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
E-mail: donglin@nju.edu.cn

b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, School of the Environment, Center of Modern Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China

c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
E-mail: yatli@ucsc.edu

d School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China

Abstract

An extremely simple sonication method is reported to hydroxylate a hematite surface without affecting its bulk properties. The surface hydroxyl groups serve as a hole collection layer that mediates the transfer of photoinduced holes, resulting in a considerably enhanced photocurrent.

Graphical abstract: Surface hydroxylated hematite promotes photoinduced hole transfer for water oxidation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA00561G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jan 2019
Accepted
06 Mar 2019
First published
06 Mar 2019

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 8050-8054

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Surface hydroxylated hematite promotes photoinduced hole transfer for water oxidation

C. Tang, B. Sun, M. Li, J. Zhang, X. Fan, F. Gao, Y. Tong, L. Dong and Y. Li, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 8050 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA00561G

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