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 …

α-Fe2O3 as a photocatalytic material: A review

M Mishra, DM Chun - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2015 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has been attracting much research interest because of its wide applications
in renewable energy and environmental remediation. There are many materials that are …

Recent developments of metal oxide based heterostructures for photocatalytic applications towards environmental remediation

J Theerthagiri, S Chandrasekaran, S Salla… - Journal of Solid State …, 2018 - Elsevier
The advancement of heterostructured visible-light active metal oxide based semiconductor
photocatalysts have received an enormous consideration in the field of environmental …

Morphology and doping engineering of Sn-doped hematite nanowire photoanodes

M Li, Y Yang, Y Ling, W Qiu, F Wang, T Liu, Y Song… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
High-temperature activation has been commonly used to boost the photoelectrochemical
(PEC) performance of hematite nanowires for water oxidation, by inducing Sn diffusion from …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting at low applied potential using a NiOOH coated codoped (Sn, Zr) α-Fe 2 O 3 photoanode

AG Tamirat, WN Su, AA Dubale, HM Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the major challenges in photoelectrochemical water splitting is to develop an efficient
photoanode that can oxidize water at low applied potential. Herein, a codoped (Sn, Zr) α …

Dual‐axial gradient doping (Zr and Sn) on hematite for promoting charge separation in photoelectrochemical water splitting

D Chen, Z Liu - ChemSusChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
One of the crucial challenges to enhance the photoelectrochemical water‐splitting
performance of hematite (α‐Fe2O3) is to resolve its very fast charge recombination in bulk …

Hematite-based photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting: Performance, understanding, and possibilities

H Liu, X Fan, Y Li, H Guo, W Jiang, G Liu - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is considered a prospective and attractive way to
transforming solar energy to hydrogen (H 2). Hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) is an n-type …

The band structure and optical absorption of hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3): a first-principles GW-BSE study

S Piccinin - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is a widely investigated photocatalyst material for the oxygen evolution
reaction, a key step in photoelectrochemical water splitting. Having a suitable band gap for …

Recent theoretical progress in the development of photoanode materials for solar water splitting photoelectrochemical cells

MD Bhatt, JS Lee - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The search for earth-abundant materials that can be used in solar water splitting cells
remains an important goal for affordable and environmentally friendly methods for energy …

Electronic Structure, Optical Properties, and Photoelectrochemical Activity of Sn-Doped Fe2O3 Thin Films

CM Tian, WW Li, YM Lin, ZZ Yang, L Wang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hematite (Fe2O3) is a well-known oxide semiconductor suitable for photoelectrochemical
(PEC) water splitting and industry gas sensing. It is widely known that Sn doping of Fe2O3 …