Graded Catalytic-Protective Layer for an Efficient and Stable Water-Splitting Photocathode

John Turner (Inventor), Chuanxiao Xiao (Inventor), James Young (Inventor), Mowafak Al-Jassim (Inventor), Nathan Neale (Inventor), Jing Gu (Inventor), Jeffrey Aguiar (Inventor), Suzanne Ferrere (Inventor), Yong Yan (Inventor), Kenneth Steirer (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes, in order: a first layer that includes MAw; a second layer that includes MO;A2; and a third layer that includes MOx, where M includes a transition metal, A includes at least one of sulfur, selenium, and/or tellurium, w is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, x is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, y is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, and z is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transition metal may include at least one of molybdenum and/or tungsten. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may be sulfur.
Original languageAmerican English
Patent number10,532,927 B2
Filing date14/01/20
StatePublished - 2020

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PT-5900-75865

Keywords

  • layer
  • selenium
  • sulfur
  • tellurium
  • transition metal
  • water splitting photocathode

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