An exploratory kinetic analysis of photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution on hematite
摘要
The kinetics of the photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (POER) on hematite photoanodes are explored using a simple reaction scheme involving an initial pre-equilibrium hole/proton transfer step to form an Fe(IV) surface species, Fe = O, followed by a rate-determining hole/proton transfer step to form the Fe(II) peroxo species, FeOOH, which then reacts rapidly with two more holes to form oxygen. The modelling considers how the kinetics of these two reaction steps are affected by changes in