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In such a situation, the advantage of increased light absorption may not be realized fully in the heterostructure. So, water oxidation will take place in a semiconductor having less oxidation potential, and similarly the reduction of water by electrons take place at semiconductor surface having lower reduction potential. Holes and electrons move toward the semiconductors having less oxidation/reduction potential. However, the charge carrier transport between the semiconductors decreases the inherent potential of the charge carriers. The heterojunction extends the absorption of light radiation to a large extent depending on the semiconductor employed. Let us consider the each of four characteristics of champion materials in the case of a heterojunction. Even though heterojunction photoelectrode helps to address the thermodynamic requirements of water splitting it is observed that the increase in the rate of the reaction is marginal and is only due to the slight decrease in the rate of recombination of the charge carriers. A champion material for PEC water splitting should be capable of addressing the following: appreciable absorption characteristics, adequate band alignment about water redox potentials, faster reaction kinetics, and extended stability. Details on different aspects and application of heterojunction semiconductors as a photoelectrode have been covered in the literature. Using heterojunction photoelectrode is advantageous since the electric field formed in the interface of two semiconductors are capable of transporting the charge carriers in the opposite directions.

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Also, one can utilize the full range of semiconductors that do not have sufficient band positions to straddle past the water redox potentials. Harindranathan Nair, in Solar Hydrogen Production, 2019 12.4.2 Heterojunction photoelectrodesР”Р„ heterojunction photoelectrode offers necessary photovoltage required for overall water splitting. N-doped anatase/brookite TiO 2, anatase/rutile TiO 2, РћВ±/РћС–-Bi 2O 3, QDs/nanosheets Bi 2WO 6, pРІР‚вЂњn Cu 2O, pРІР‚вЂњn Co-doped TiO 2/Ti0 2, pРІР‚вЂњn Fe-doped TiO 2/TiO 2, pРІР‚вЂњn Co-doped zincblende/wurtzite ZnO, Pt/n-Si/n +РІв‚¬вЂ™Si/Ag Thus, electron affinity follows the left-right trend of electronegativity but not the up-down trend.Р”В¬dS/TiO 2, CdSe/TiO 2, SrTiO 3/TiO 2, Fe 2O 3/TiO 2, ZnO/CdS, In 2O 3/Ta 2O 5, Fe 4N/Fe 2O 3, AgIn 5S 8/TiO 2, TiO 2/CdS/CdSe, ZnO/CdS/CdSe, CdS-CdSSe/CdSe/TiO 2, ZnO/CdSSeР”В¬dS/TiO 2, Bi 2S 3/TiO 2, WO 3/TiO 2, Fe 2O 3/TiO 2, In 2O 3/TiO 2, ZnFe 2O 4 /TiO 2, Fe 2O 3/WO 3, ZnO/CdTe, ZnO/In 2S 3, ZnO/CdS, SrTiO 3/TiO 2, BiVO 4/CeO 2, РћВ±-Fe 2O 3/CdS, CdS/ZnFe 2O 4, CdS/CoFe 2O 4, Ag 3VO 4/TiO 2Р”В¬uFe 2O 4/TiO 2, CuO/ZnO, CaFe 2O 4/TaON, MoS 2/CdSР”Р„g 2O/TiO 2, CuInSe 2/TiO 2, TiO 2/ZnO, ZnFe 2O 4/TiO 2, NiO/ZnO, CuO/ZnO, Cu 2O/ZnO, CuInS 2/ZnO, CuInSe 2/ZnO, CuO/In 2O 3, Ag 3PO 4/BiVO 4, Co 3O 4/BiVO 4Р”Р„natase/rutile TiO 2, РћВ±/РћР†-Ga 2O 3, pРІР‚вЂњn Cu 2O, pРІР‚вЂњn Mg-doped Fe 2O 3/Fe 2O 3, W-doped BiVO 4, twin-induced Cd 0.5Zn 0.5S However, a clear counterexample to this trend can be found in group 2, and inspecting the entire periodic table, it turns out that the proposed trend only applies to group 1 atoms.

Since this electron is farther from the nucleus, it is less attracted to the nucleus and would release less energy when added. In addition, a trend of decreasing E ea going down the groups in the periodic table might be expected since the additional electron will be entering an orbital farther away from the nucleus. Typically, (i) nonmetals have more positive E ea than metals, (ii) atoms where anions are more stable than neutral atoms have a greater E ea, (iii) chlorine most strongly attracts extra electrons, (iv) mercury most weakly attracts an extra electron, (iv) E ea generally increases across a period (row) in the periodic table that is caused by the filling of the valence shell of the atom, and (v) group 17 atom releases more energy than a group 1 atom on gaining an electron because it obtains a filled valence shell and therefore is more stable. Although E ea varies greatly across the periodic table, some patterns emerge.