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Towards spectroscopic monitoring of photoelectrodes: In-situ Raman photoelectrochemistry of a TiO2/prussian blue photoanode

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Here, novel in-situ Raman photoelectrochemical measurements are performed. The obtained results have proved that it is possible to track the progress of a photoelectrochemical reaction that takes place on a semiconducting electrode using the spectroscopic method. As an exemplary system, the Ti/TiO2/Prussian blue electrode is investigated. Since TiO2 is an n-type semiconductor, it cannot act as an efficient anode in dark conditions. Thus, once electrochemically reduced Prussian blue deposited on TiO2 is not reoxi- dized during anodic polarization. However, Everitt’s salt oxidation may be possible when photoexcitation of TiO2 with UV LED radiation takes place at a potential which is more anodic than the flat band poten- tial of the semiconductor. This process is successfully monitored in-situ using Raman spectroscopy. The measurements performed at different conditions allow to distinguish between processes induced by po- larization and illumination (or both). The proposed method of photoelectrode characterization through a real-time monitoring approach can be further developed and utilized for other photoelectrochemical systems.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA no. 404,
ISSN: 0013-4686
Language:
English
Publication year:
2022
Bibliographic description:
Trzciński K., Szkoda M., Zarach Z., Sawczak M., Nowak A.: Towards spectroscopic monitoring of photoelectrodes: In-situ Raman photoelectrochemistry of a TiO2/prussian blue photoanode// ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA -Vol. 404, (2022), s.139774-
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139774
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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