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BiVO4, a visible-light response photocatalyst, has shown tremendous potential because of abundant raw material sources, good stability and low cost. There exist some limitations for further applicaitions due to poor capability to separate…
Monoclinic scheelite bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a promising photoanode for water splitting yet the PEC performance is limited due to its relatively higher (2.4 eV) band gap. Here, we successfully decreased its the band gap to 1.72 eV by…
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Bismuth vanadate (BiVO$_4$) is a key photocatalyst for solar fuel applications, yet fundamental questions remain regarding the nature of photogenerated polaronic states and the lattice dynamics that govern its light-to-chemical pathways.…
BiVO$_4$ is a promising photocatalyst for efficient water oxidation, with surface reactivity determined by the structure of active catalytic sites. Surface oxidation in the presence of oxygen vacancies induces electron localization,…
Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising route to produce hydrogen from solar energy. However, corrosion of semiconducting photoelectrodes remains a fundamental challenge for their practical application. The stability of BiVO4,…
Monoclinic bismuth vanadate (m-BiVO$_4$) is a promising indirect band gap semiconductor for photoelectrochemical water splitting, yet the characteristics of its low-lying photoexcitations, or excitons, remain poorly understood. Here, we use…
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Bismuth vanadate is one of most studied materials in the field of photocatalysis due to its high photocatalytic activity. The modulation of its optical properties can be engineered by fabricating photonic crystals in which bismuth vanadate…
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4 BVO) is a promising photocatalyst for solar energy conversion, but its efficiency is limited by small polaron formation. However, some physical properties of BVO deviate from typical small polaron behavior. Using the…
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van der Waals (vdW) heterojunctions formed by two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted tremendous attention due to their excellent electrical/optical properties and device applications. However, current 2D heterojunctions are largely…
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has recently been under focus for its potential use in photocatalysis thanks to its well-suited absorption edge in the visible light range. Here, we characterize the optical absorption of a BiVO4 single crystal as a…
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