Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance of BiVO4 Photoanodes Through Few-Layer MoS2 Composite Formation for Efficient Water Oxidation
Deepak Rajaram Patil, Santosh S. Patil, Rajneesh Kumar Mishra, Sagar M. Mane, Seung Yoon Ryu · 2025
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Deepak Rajaram Patil and co-authors report a 2025 study of a material that uses sunlight to split water. The base material, known as BiVO4, can act as a photoanode, but it moves charge poorly and loses much of it before the work is done. The team set out to fix those weak points.
They grew thin layers of MoS2 on the base material in a single hot water step. Tests showed the layers spread evenly and touched the base well. The best mix gave far more current than the plain base, about five times as much in one test. The authors link the gain to faster charge transfer and a stronger field inside the film.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Deepak Rajaram Patil, Santosh S. Patil, Rajneesh Kumar Mishra, Sagar M. Mane, Seung Yoon Ryu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |