High-efficiency hydrogen production through photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has emerged as a promising solution to address current global energy challenges. Ⅲ-nitride semiconductor photoelectrodes with nanostructures have demonstrated great potential in the near future due to their high light absorption, tunable direct band gap, and strong physicochemical stability. However, several issues, including surface trapping centers, surface Fermi level pinning, and surface band bending, need to be addressed. In this work, enhanced photovoltaic properties have been achieved using gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) photoelectrodes by adopting an alkaline solution surface treatment method to reduce the surface states. It was found that surface oxides on NWs can be removed by an alkaline solution treatment without changing the surface morphology through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and other characterization methods. These findings provide new insights to the development of high-efficiency photoelectrodes for new energy source applications.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |