Bin Zhang, Mengnan Ruan, Chengyi Wang, Tingting Zhong, Zhifeng Liu
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Abstract
α‐Fe2O3/NiCoFe–OH photoelectrode with high hydrophilicity is obtained by hot alkali etching on the surface of α‐Fe2O3/NiCoFe–LDH. Compared with α‐Fe2O3/NiCoFe–LDH (CO3(OH)16·4H2O), α‐Fe2O3/NiCoFe‐OH photoelectrodes with high hydrophilicity show better photocurrent performance. This improvement is attributed to the highly hydrophilic NiCoFe–OH promoting effective contact between the photoelectrode and the electrolyte, thus enhancing effective carrier separation and migration on the electrode. In these findings, an effective way is provided to improve the photoelectrochemical properties of α‐Fe2O3.
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Energy Technology provides a forum for researchers and engineers from all relevant disciplines concerned with the generation, conversion, storage, and distribution of energy.
This new journal shall publish articles covering all technical aspects of energy process engineering from different perspectives, e.g.,
new concepts of energy generation and conversion;
design, operation, control, and optimization of processes for energy generation (e.g., carbon capture) and conversion of energy carriers;
improvement of existing processes;
combination of single components to systems for energy generation;
design of systems for energy storage;
production processes of fuels, e.g., hydrogen, electricity, petroleum, biobased fuels;
concepts and design of devices for energy distribution.