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Generation of enhanced stability of SnO/In(OH)3/InP for photocatalytic water splitting by SnO protection layer

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InP shows a very high efficiency for solar light to electricity conversion in solar cell and may present an expectation property in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. However, it suffers serious corrosion in water dispersion. In this paper, it is demonstrated that the stability and activity of the InP-based catalyst are effectively enhanced by applying an anti-corrosion SnO layer and In(OH)3 transition layer, which reduces the crystal mismatch between SnO and InP and increases charge transfer. The obtained Pt/SnO/In(OH)3/InP exhibits a hydrogen production rate of 144.42 μmol/g in 3 h under visible light illumination in multi-cycle tests without remarkable decay, 123 times higher than that of naked In(OH)3/InP without any electron donor under visible irradiation.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China

    Jiali Dong, Xuqiang Zhang & Chengwei Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730070, China

    Xuqiang Zhang & Gongxuan Lu

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Dong, J., Zhang, X., Lu, G. et al. Generation of enhanced stability of SnO/In(OH)3/InP for photocatalytic water splitting by SnO protection layer. Front. Energy 15, 710–720 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-021-0764-x

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