Harnessing solar energy for the production of clean hydrogen by photoelectrochemical water splitting represents a very attractive, but challenging approach for sustainable energy …
Photoelectrodes without ap–n junction are often limited in efficiency by charge recombination at semiconductor surfaces and slow charge transfer to electrocatalysts. This …
Homemade non-critical raw materials such as Ni or NiCu co-catalysts were added at the photocathode of a tandem cell, constituted by photoelectrodes made of earth-abundant …
Although II–VI semiconductors such as CdS, CdTe, CdSe, ZnTe, and alloys thereof can have nearly ideal band gaps and band-edge positions for the production of solar fuels, II–VI …
Solar-driven water splitting into H 2 and O 2 using organic semiconductor (OS) photoelectrodes is a promising route towards scalable and economically feasible solar-to …
Solar water splitting by means of photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells offers the promise to produce cost-effective renewable and clean fuel from abundant sunlight and water. Lately …
Semiconductor heterostructure junctions are known to improve the water oxidation performance in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. Depending on the semiconductor …
A perspective on the design of all-oxide heterostructures for application in photoelectrochemical cells for solar water splitting is provided. Particular attention is paid to …
We report an ultrathin NiOx catalyzed Si np+ junction photoanode for a stable and efficient solar driven oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water. A stable semi-transparent ITO/Au/ITO …