Stability and self-passivation of copper vanadate photoanodes under chemical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical operation?

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date: 2016-03-14 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00473C

Abstract

Deployment of solar fuels technology requires photoanodes with long term stability, which can be accomplished using light absorbers that self-passivate under operational conditions. Several copper vanadates have been recently reported as promising photoanode materials, and their stability and self-passivation is demonstrated through a combination of Pourbaix calculations and combinatorial experimentation.

Graphical abstract: Stability and self-passivation of copper vanadate photoanodes under chemical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical operation
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