Recent advances in nanostructured metal nitrides for water splitting

N Han, P Liu, J Jiang, L Ai, Z Shao, S Liu - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The gradually dwindling resources of fossil fuels and the urgency to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions portray a globally concerning image of our contemporary energy infrastructure …

Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting

X Li, J Yu, J Low, Y Fang, J Xiao, X Chen - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a growing interest in the conversion of water and solar energy into clean and
renewable H2 fuels using earth-abundant materials due to the depletion of fossil fuel and its …

25th anniversary article: semiconductor nanowires–synthesis, characterization, and applications

NP Dasgupta, J Sun, C Liu, S Brittman… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting

FE Osterloh - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing human need for clean and renewable energy has stimulated research in
artificial photosynthesis, and in particular water photoelectrolysis as a pathway to hydrogen …

Atmospheric‐Temperature Chain Reaction towards Ultrathin Non‐Crystal‐Phase Construction for Highly Efficient Water Splitting

Y Qiu, Z Liu, Q Yang, X Zhang, J Liu… - … –A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Combining the self‐sacrifice of a highly crystalline substance to design a multistep chain
reaction towards ultrathin active‐layer construction for high‐performance water splitting with …

Photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen production: current state of promising photoelectrodes, methods to improve their properties, and outlook

Z Li, W Luo, M Zhang, J Feng, Z Zou - Energy & Environmental Science, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Harnessing solar energy for the production of clean hydrogen fuels by a
photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell represents a very attractive but challenging alternative. This …

Constructing 2D porous graphitic C3 N4 nanosheets/nitrogen-doped graphene/layered MoS2 ternary nanojunction with enhanced photoelectrochemical activity.

Y Hou, Z Wen, S Cui, X Guo, J Chen - Advanced Materials (Deerfield …, 2013 - europepmc.org
A 2D porous graphitic C3 N4 nanosheets/nitrogen-doped graphene/layered MoS2 ternary
nanojunction is synthesized using a simple pyrolysis process followed by a hydrothermal …

Hetero-nanostructured suspended photocatalysts for solar-to-fuel conversion

YP Yuan, LW Ruan, J Barber, SCJ Loo… - Energy & Environmental …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Converting solar energy into valuable hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels through
photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 photo-reduction is highly promising in addressing the …

Nanowire photoelectrochemistry

J Deng, Y Su, D Liu, P Yang, B Liu, C Liu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recent applications of photoelectrochemistry at the semiconductor/liquid interface provide a
renewable route of mimicking natural photosynthesis and yielding chemicals from sunlight …

Plasmonic Gold Nanocrystals Coupled with Photonic Crystal Seamlessly on TiO2 Nanotube Photoelectrodes for Efficient Visible Light Photoelectrochemical Water …

Z Zhang, L Zhang, MN Hedhili, H Zhang, P Wang - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
A visible light responsive plasmonic photocatalytic composite material is designed by
rationally selecting Au nanocrystals and assembling them with the TiO2-based photonic …