Tailored energy level alignment at MoOX/GaP interface for solar-driven redox flow battery application
Dowon Bae (TU Delft - ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage)
Gerasimos Kanellos (Student TU Delft)
Kristina Wedege (Aarhus University)
Emil Dražević (Aarhus University)
Anders Bentien (Aarhus University)
Wilson A. Smith (TU Delft - ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage)
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Abstract
MoOX is commonly considered to be a high work-function semiconductor. From x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and photoelectrochemical analysis, it is shown that MoOX can be considered as an effective hole transfer layer for the GaP-based device. Specifically, in the absence of carbon contamination using an ion beam cleaning step, the oxygen vacancy derived defect band located inside the bandgap becomes the main charge transfer mechanism. We demonstrate, for the first time, a device with a MoOX/GaP junction that functions as an unbiased photo-charging cell for the redox flow battery system with AQS/AQSH2∥I−/I3− redox couples. This work has important implications toward enabling MoOX applications beyond the conventional solar cells, including electrochemical energy storage and chemical conversion systems.