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Structural Properties of NdTiO2+xN1-x and Its Application as Photoanode
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7156-559X
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK).
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Number of Authors: 82021 (English)In: Inorganic Chemistry, ISSN 0020-1669, E-ISSN 1520-510X, Vol. 60, no 2, p. 919-929Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Mixed-anion inorganic compounds offer diverse functionalities as a function of the different physicochemical characteristics of the secondary anion. The quaternary metal oxynitrides, which originate from substituting oxygen anions (O2-) in a parent oxide by nitrogen (N3-), are encouraging candidates for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting because of their suitable and adjustable narrow band gap and relative negative conduction band (CB) edge. Given the known photochemical activity of LaTiO2N, we investigated the paramagnetic counterpart NdTiO2+xN1-x. The electronic structure was explored both experimentally and theoretically at the density functional theory (DFT) level. A band gap (E-g) of 2.17 eV was determined by means of ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, and a relative negative flat band potential of -0.33 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) was proposed via Mott-Schottky measurements. N-14 solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals from NdTiO2+xN1-x could not be detected, which indicates that NdTiO2+xN1-x is berthollide, in contrast to other structurally related metal oxynitrides. Although the bare particle-based photoanode did not exhibit a noticeable photocurrent, Nb2O5 and CoOx overlayers were deposited to extract holes and activate NdTiO2+xN1-x. Multiple electrochemical methods were employed to understand the key features required for this metal oxynitride to fabricate photoanodes.

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2021. Vol. 60, no 2, p. 919-929
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Band structure, Photonics, Electrodes, Oxynitrides, Electrical conductivity
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-193610DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03041ISI: 000643574200044PubMedID: 33371676OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-193610DiVA, id: diva2:1559401
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