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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Lemont, IL (US);
Alex B. Martinson, Naperville, IL (US);
Shannon Riha, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Peijun Guo, Evanston, IL (US);
Jonathan D. Emery, Oak Park, IL (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method to provide an article of manufacture of iron oxide on indium tin oxide for solar energy conversion. An atomic layer epitaxy method is used to deposit an uncommon bixbytite-phase iron (III) oxide (β-FeO) which is deposited at low temperatures to provide 99% phase pure β-FeOthin films on indium tin oxide. Subsequent annealing produces pure α-FeOwith well-defined epitaxy via a topotactic transition. These highly crystalline films in the ultra thin film limit enable high efficiency photoelectrochemical chemical water splitting.