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ArticleNature communications2026

Surface hole polaron site tuning governs charge carrier separation in BiVO

Houjiang Liu, Hongwei Cong, Guijun Yang, Chuangchuag Gong, Jiawei Ding, Yuan Yuan Fu, Jin Cui, Kai Song, Biao Chen, Chunnian He and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Houjiang LiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Hongwei CongSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Guijun YangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Chuangchuag GongSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Jiawei DingSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Yuan Yuan FuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Jin CuiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Kai SongSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China. songk@tju.edu.cn.
Biao ChenSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6181-2155
Chunnian HeSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-6598
Naiqin ZhaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Jinhua YeNational Industry-Education Platform of Energy Storage, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
Fang HeSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China. fanghe@tju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-9978

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52172222National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U24A20202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The self-trapping of charge carriers, resulting in the formation of polarons, significantly restricts the separation and transport of charge carriers in photoelectrochemical systems. Herein, using bismuth vanadate as a model photoanode, we propose a surface-selective strategy to regulate hole polarons. Density functional theory calculations predict that substituting bismuth ions with indium ions suppresses hole polaron formation by weakening electron-phonon coupling. This substitution is achieved through a liquid-phase cation exchange method, enabling precise surface modification. The electron paramagnetic resonance, temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy, in situ irradiation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy all confirm the suppression of hole polaron formation. After loading co-catalyst, the optimized photoanode achieves a water-splitting photocurrent density of 6.46 mA cm

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