As the development of oxygen evolution co-catalysts (OECs) is being actively undertaken, the tailored integration of those OECs with photoanodes is expected to be a plausible avenue for achieving highly efficient solar-assisted water splitting. Here, we demonstrate that a black phosphorene (BP) layer, inserted between the OEC and BiVO
4
can improve the photoelectrochemical performance of pre-optimized OEC/BiVO
4
(OEC: NiOOH, MnO
x,
and CoOOH) systems by 1.2∼1.6-fold, while the OEC overlayer, in turn, can suppress BP self-oxidation to achieve a high durability. A photocurrent density of 4.48 mA·cm
−2
at 1.23 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) is achieved by the NiOOH/BP/BiVO
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photoanode. It is found that the intrinsic
p
-type BP can boost hole extraction from BiVO
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and prolong holes trapping lifetime on BiVO
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surface. This work sheds light on the design of BP-based devices for application in solar to fuel conversion, and also suggests a promising nexus between semiconductor and electrocatalyst.