Molecular-modified photocathodes for applications in artificial photosynthesis and solar-to-fuel technologies

EA Reyes Cruz, D Nishiori, BL Wadsworth… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature offers inspiration for developing technologies that integrate the capture, conversion,
and storage of solar energy. In this review article, we highlight principles of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Current mechanistic understanding of surface reactions over water-splitting photocatalysts

P Zhang, T Wang, J Gong - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
Solar water splitting for hydrogen generation over semiconductor photoelectrodes is a
promising solution to the energy crisis and environmental issues. Because complex …

High efficiency Si photocathode protected by multifunctional GaN nanostructures

S Vanka, E Arca, S Cheng, K Sun, GA Botton… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a clean and environmentally friendly method for solar
hydrogen generation. Its practical application, however, has been limited by the poor …

Emerging Postsynthetic Improvements of BiVO4 Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

B Lamm, BJ Trzesniewski, H Doscher… - ACS Energy …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Solar-assisted water splitting with bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) photoanodes has progressed
significantly with many efforts devoted to improving charge separation and surface charge …

Photovoltage at semiconductor–electrolyte junctions

MT Mayer - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•The simplicity of the semiconductor–liquid junction is the key advantage of
photoelectrochemical water splitting.•Significant photovoltages are required to achieve …

Cobalt porphyrin–polypyridyl surface coatings for photoelectrosynthetic hydrogen production

AM Beiler, D Khusnutdinova, BL Wadsworth… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hybrid materials that link light capture and conversion technologies with the ability to drive
reductive chemical transformations are attractive as components in photoelectrosynthetic …

Synthesis and characterization of photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic Cu 2 BaSnS 4 thin films and solar cells

J Ge, Y Yan - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth-abundant copper–barium–thiostannate Cu2BaSnS4 (CBTS) based thin films have
recently been reported to exhibit optoelectronic and defect properties suitable for their use …

Tailored TiO2 Protection Layer Enabled Efficient and Stable Microdome Structured p‐GaAs Photoelectrochemical Cathodes

S Cao, Z Kang, Y Yu, J Du, L German… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Group III–V compound semiconductors are a promising group of materials for
photoelectrochemical (PEC) applications. In this work, a metal assisted wet etching …

Visible light active CZTS sensitized CdS/TiO2 tandem photoanode for highly efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation

MZ Ansari, S Singh, N Khare - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A tandem photoanode consisting of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) nanoparticles layer over CdS/TiO
2 heterostructure thin film on FTO substrate has been fabricated for photoelectrochemical …

Tuning p-Si (111) Photovoltage via Molecule| Semiconductor Electronic Coupling

DG Boucher, K Kearney, E Ertekin… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) device efficiency depends heavily on the energetics and band
alignment of the semiconductor| overlayer junction. Exerting energetic control over these …