Highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting using a thin film photoanode of BiVO4/SnO2/WO3 multi-composite in a carbonate electrolyte

Abstract

The solar energy conversion efficiency considering the energy loss by the external bias for water splitting reached ca. 0.9 or 1.35% using single- or double-stacked photoanodes, respectively, of BiVO₄/SnO₂/WO₃ multilayers in a highly concentrated carbonate electrolyte aqueous solution.