Appendices

Figure A.1. A typical time course of photodeposition of the cocatalyst Ru on a

SrTiO3:La,Rh/Au/BiVO4 plate. Reaction conditions: reactant solution, distilled water
(40 mL) containing RuCl33H2O (0.35 mol) without pH adjustment; light source,
300 W xenon lamp ( > 420 nm); irradiation area: 9 cm2.

Figure A.2. The power spectra of the solar simulator used in the experiments and the
standard AM1.5D and AM1.5G.

Figure A.3. SEM images of (a) SrTiO3:La,Rh and (b) BiVO4 powders.

Figure A.4. The dependence of the photocatalytic activity of (SrTiO3:La,Rh)(BiVO4)

powder suspension systems on the amounts of SrTiO3:La,Rh and BiVO4. Catalysts:
520 mg each, reaction solution: 40 mL water adjusted to pH 3.5 with H2SO4; light
source, 300 W xenon lamp ( > 420 nm), irradiation area: 13 cm2. The gas evolution
rates were divided by the irradiation areas.

Figure

A.5.

The

dependence

of

the

photocatalytic

activity

of

SrTiO3:La,Rh/Au/BiVO4 plates on the thickness of gold layers. Reaction conditions:

reaction solution, distilled water (40 mL) without pH adjustment (pH 6.8); light
source, 300 W xenon lamp ( > 420 nm); irradiation area: 9 cm2. Photodeposition
process was carried out from an aqueous solution (40 mL) containing RuCl33H2O
(0.35 mol) without pH adjustment under 300 W xenon lamp ( > 420 nm)
illumination. The gas evolution rates were divided by the irradiation area.

Figure A.6. (a) A diffuse-reflectance spectrum and (b) photograph of a Au layer

deposited on a glass plate by vacuum evaporation.

Figure A.7. Mott-Schottky plots of a SrTiO3:La,Rh electrode. The measurement was

carried out under darkness at a frequency of 1 kHz with an AC amplitude of 10 mV in
a 0.1 M aqueous Na2SO4 solution at pH 6.8. Before the measurement, oxidation
reduction cycles was performed repeatedly to stabilize the surface of the
SrTiO3:La,Rh electrode.

Figure A.8. Time course of H2 and O2 evolution during Z-scheme water splitting
using a SrTiO3:La,Rh/Au/BiVO4 plate after photodeposition. Reaction conditions:
reaction solution, distilled water (40 mL) without pH adjustment (pH 6.8); light
source, 300 W xenon lamp ( > 420 nm); irradiation area: 9 cm2. Photodeposition
process was carried out from an aqueous solution (40 mL) containing RuCl33H2O
(0.35 mol) without pH adjustment under 300 W xenon lamp ( > 420 nm)
illumination.

Table A.1. The number of incident photons from a Xe lamp through band-pass filters.
Central wavelength / nm
417.2
435.1
471.3
499.6

The number of incident photons / photon h-1

2.61020
2.81020
2.91020
2.71020