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Wiley, Advanced Materials, 29(34), 2022

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200723

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A Transparent, High‐Performance, and Stable Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> Photoanode Enabled by Heterojunction Engineering with Conjugated Polycarbazole Frameworks for Unbiased Photoelectrochemical Overall Water Splitting Devices

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Abstract

AbstractDeveloping low‐cost, high‐performance, and durable photoanodes is essential in solar‐driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) energy conversion. Sb2S3 is a low‐bandgap (≈1.7 eV) n‐type semiconductor with a maximum theoretical solar conversion efficiency of ≈28% for PEC water splitting. However, bulk Sb2S3 exhibits opaque characteristics and suffers from severe photocorrosion, and thus the use of Sb2S3 as a photoanode material remains underexploited. This study describes the design and fabrication of a transparent Sb2S3‐based photoanode by conformably depositing a thin layer of conjugated polycarbazole frameworks (CPF‐TCzB) onto the Sb2S3 film. This structural design creates a type‐II heterojunction between the CPF‐TCzB and the Sb2S3 with a suitable band‐edge energy offset, thereby, greatly enhancing the charge separation efficiency. The CPF‐TCzB/Sb2S3 hybrid photoanode exhibits a remarkable photocurrent density of 10.1 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode. Moreover, the thin CPF‐TCzB overlayer effectively inhibits photocorrosion of the Sb2S3 and enables long‐term operation for at least 100 h with ≈10% loss in photocurrent density. Furthermore, a standalone unbiased PEC tandem device comprising a CPF‐TCzB/Sb2S3 photoanode and a back‐illuminated Si photocathode can achieve a record solar‐to‐hydrogen conversion efficiency of 5.21%, representing the most efficient PEC water splitting device of its kind.