Semi-transparent quaternary oxynitride photoanodes on GaN underlayers

by Ma, Zili; Pietak, Karolina; Piatek, Jedrzej; Reed DeMoulpied, Justin; Rokicinska, Anna; Kustrowski, Piotr; Dronskowski, Richard; Zlotnik, Sebastian; Coridan, Robert H.; Slabon, Adam

Conformal atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique is employed to make semi-transparent TaOxNy, providing the possibility to build semi-transparent oxy(nitride) heterojunction photoanodes on conductive substrates. A generalized approach was developed to manufacture semi-transparent quaternary metal oxynitrides on conductive substrates beyond semi-transparent binary Ta3N5 photoanodes aiming for wireless tandem photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells.

Journal
Chemical Communications
Volume
56
Issue
86
Year
2020
Start Page
13193
ISBN/ISSN
1364-548X; 1359-7345
PMID
33021615
DOI
10.1039/d0cc04894a