Supramolecular coordination cages for artificial photosynthesis and synthetic photocatalysis

R Ham, CJ Nielsen, S Pullen, JNH Reek - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Because sunlight is the most abundant energy source on earth, it has huge potential for
practical applications ranging from sustainable energy supply to light driven chemistry. From …

Recent progress of metal sulfide photocatalysts for solar energy conversion

Q Zhu, Q Xu, M Du, X Zeng, G Zhong, B Qiu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial photosynthetic solar‐to‐chemical cycles enable an entire environment to operate in
a more complex, yet effective, way to perform natural photosynthesis. However, such …

Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering

T Zheng, M Zhang, L Wu, S Guo, X Liu, J Zhao… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Upcycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products represents a substantially
untapped opportunity to tackle environmental issues and achieve a circular economy …

Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang, Y Feng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis is an efficient biochemical process which converts solar energy into
energy-rich carbohydrates. By understanding the key photoelectrochemical processes and …

The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis

S Corby, RR Rao, L Steier, JR Durrant - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Generating charge carriers with lifetimes long enough to drive catalysis is a critical aspect for
photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic systems, and a key determinant of their efficiency …

Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based nanomedicine

B Yang, Y Chen, J Shi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential role in regulating various physiological
functions of living organisms. The intrinsic biochemical properties of ROS, which underlie …

Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Polyoxometalate‐based compounds for photo‐and electrocatalytic applications

N Li, J Liu, BX Dong, YQ Lan - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photo/electrocatalysis of water (H2O) splitting and CO2 reduction reactions is a promising
strategy to alleviate the energy crisis and excessive CO2 emissions. For the hydrogen …