Phosphate Doping into Monoclinic BiVO4 for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Activity

A monoclinic BiVO4 lattice was doped with phosphate to enhance photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water oxidation activity under visible light by a factor of about 30 compared with pristine BiVO4. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements and density functional calculations revealed that much improved charge transfer characteristics of BiVO4 are mainly responsible for the greatly enhanced photoelectrochemical activity. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.