A novel outline of a planar photoelectrochemical cell consisting of a semiconductor layer topped by subsequent layers of a digitated insulator and counter electrode is introduced. The use of vertically separated electrodes represents a major development in reducing the footprint (inactive areas) of planar electrochemical cells. The cells, consisting of a nanoparticular titania photoanode and a digitated, metallic cathode, were fabricated by a strictly additive process employing material printing as the exclusive deposition and patterning tool. Transparent conductive oxide-coated glass and polyethyleneterepthalate sheets were used as substrates; nanocrystalline titania dispersion bonded by a novel organosilica binder was used for the fabrication of the photoanode and gold or carbon inks for the fabrication of the digitated cathodes. Due to the digitated shaping of the cathode, photoelectrochemical response was not suffering from iR drop down to low electrolyte ionic strengths. The printed cells were used for electroassisted photocatalytic degradation experiments with aqueous solutions of coumarin. Considerable acceleration of the coumarin degradation rate compared to the plain photocatalytic mode was observed.

Faculty of Chemistry Brno University of Technology Purkynova 118 612 00 Brno Czech Republic

Faculty of Chemistry Brno University of Technology Purkynova 118 612 00 Brno Czech Republic Central European Institute of Technology Brno University of Technology Technicka 3058 10 616 00 Brno Czech Republic

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