Dynamics of photogenerated holes in undoped BiVO4 photoanodes for solar water oxidation

Authors: Yimeng Ma, Stephanie R. Pendlebury, Anna Reynal, Florian Le Formal, James R. Durrant - Chemical Science 2014 cited by 377

We use transient absorption spectroscopy and photoelectrochemical methods to study the dynamics of photogenerated holes in BiVO4 for solar water oxidation. The back electron/hole recombination is found to be slow and therefore competes with water oxidation, limiting water oxidation efficiency.