Synthesis and Characterization of Ternary Cobalt Spinel Oxides for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen

Sudhakar Shet, Yanfa Yan, Todd Deutsch, Heli Wang, Nuggehalli Ravindra, John Turner, Mowafak Al-Jassim

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Abstract

We present an experimental investigation of ternary cobalt spinel oxides for photoelectrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen. In this study, C01+δX2. δO4 (X = Al, Ga, In) thin films were deposited using RF magnetron reactive co-sputtering system. All the thin films were deposited on silver/stainless steel and on quartz substrate, because of the high temperature (800°C) oxide growth. We found that these thin films show excellent stability in solution and good visible light absorption. However, their performance as photoelectrochemical catalyst is limited by the poor transport properties induced by small polaron mobility.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances and Applications in Electroceramics
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc.
Pages251-258
Number of pages8
Volume226
ISBN (Electronic)9781118144480
ISBN (Print)9781118059999
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 9 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • General Materials Science

Keywords

  • Hydrogen
  • Magnetron reactive co-sputtering system
  • Photoelectrochemistry
  • Ternary cobalt spinel oxides
  • Water splitting

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