Using hematite for photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of current progress and challenges

AG Tamirat, J Rick, AA Dubale, WN Su… - Nanoscale horizons, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising technology for solar hydrogen
production to build a sustainable, renewable and clean energy economy. Hematite (α …

Enhanced photoelectrochemical water-splitting performance of semiconductors by surface passivation layers

R Liu, Z Zheng, J Spurgeon, X Yang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
An important approach for solving the world's sustainable energy challenges is the
conversion of solar energy to chemical fuels. Semiconductors can be used to convert/store …

Nanostructured hematite: synthesis, characterization, charge carrier dynamics, and photoelectrochemical properties

DA Wheeler, G Wang, Y Ling, Y Li… - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
As one of the most prevalent metal oxides on Earth, iron oxide, especially α-Fe2O3 or
hematite, has been the subject of intense research for several decades. In particular, the …

MoS2/CdS Heterojunction with High Photoelectrochemical Activity for H2 Evolution under Visible Light: The Role of MoS2

Y Liu, YX Yu, WD Zhang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013 - ACS Publications
MoS2/CdS pn heterojunction films with high photoelectrochemical activity for H2 evolution
under visible light were successfully prepared by electrodeposition followed by chemical …

Principles on design and fabrication of nanomaterials as photocatalysts for water-splitting

H Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
As an energy carrier, hydrogen has been extensively studied to satisfy the increasing
demand on green energy. Efficiently producing hydrogen from water under sunlight is one of …

Surviving High‐Temperature Calcination: ZrO2‐Induced Hematite Nanotubes for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

C Li, A Li, Z Luo, J Zhang, X Chang… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotubular Fe2O3 is a promising photoanode material, and producing morphologies that
withstand high‐temperature calcination (HTC) is urgently needed to enhance the …

A review of the α-Fe 2 O 3 (hematite) nanotube structure: recent advances in synthesis, characterization, and applications

Y Xue, Y Wang - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
α-Fe2O3 nanotubes are exceptional one-dimensional transition metal oxide materials with
low density, large surface area, promising electrochemical and photoelectrochemical …

A Facile Surface Passivation of Hematite Photoanodes with TiO2 Overlayers for Efficient Solar Water Splitting

MG Ahmed, IE Kretschmer, TA Kandiel… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The surface modification of semiconductor photoelectrodes with passivation overlayers has
recently attracted great attention as an effective strategy to improve the charge-separation …

[HTML][HTML] Prospects of electrochemically synthesized hematite photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting: A review

YW Phuan, WJ Ong, MN Chong, JD Ocon - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) is found to be one of the most promising photoanode
materials used for the application in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting due to its …

Recent trends in development of hematite (α-Fe2O3) as an efficient photoanode for enhancement of photoelectrochemical hydrogen production by solar water splitting

Z Najaf, DLT Nguyen, SY Chae, OS Joo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar-assisted water splitting using photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell is an environmentally
benign technology for the generation of hydrogen fuel. However, several limitations of the …