Dye-sensitized solar cells strike back

AB Muñoz-García, I Benesperi, G Boschloo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are celebrating their 30th birthday and they are attracting
a wealth of research efforts aimed at unleashing their full potential. In recent years, DSCs …

Utilization of Low-Concentration CO2 with Molecular Catalysts Assisted by CO2-Capturing Ability of Catalysts, Additives, or Reaction Media

Y Yamazaki, M Miyaji, O Ishitani - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing concentration of atmospheric CO2 is a worldwide concern and continues to
trigger various environmental problems. Photo-or electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (CO2-Red) …

Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Y Xiao, C Feng, J Fu, F Wang, C Li, VF Kunzelmann… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Ta3N5 is a promising photoanode material with a theoretical maximum solar conversion
efficiency of 15.9% for photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, the highest applied …

Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into Fuels and Value-Added Products

V Kumaravel, J Bartlett, SC Pillai - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and value-added products is one of the
most significant inventions to address the global warming and energy needs …

Progress in developing metal oxide nanomaterials for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Y Yang, S Niu, D Han, T Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting represents an environmentally friendly and
sustainable method to obtain hydrogen fuel. Semiconductor materials as the central …

New-generation integrated devices based on dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells

S Yun, Y Qin, AR Uhl, N Vlachopoulos, M Yin… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The sharp increase of research passion in the new-generation solar cells in recent years
has resulted in a new trend in combining multiple types of energy devices in a single device …

Artificial Z-scheme photocatalytic system: What have been done and where to go?

D Huang, S Chen, G Zeng, X Gong, C Zhou… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Artificial Z-scheme photocatalysis has become a potential solution for resisting
environmental degradation and to the worldwide energy shortage because they can …

Molecular polypyridine-based metal complexes as catalysts for the reduction of CO 2

N Elgrishi, MB Chambers, X Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polypyridyl transition metal complexes represent one of the more thoroughly studied classes
of molecular catalysts towards CO2 reduction to date. Initial reports in the 1980s began with …

Breaking the Kasha rule for more efficient photochemistry

AP Demchenko, VI Tomin, PT Chou - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
This paper provides a systematic review and analysis of different phenomena that violate a
basic principle, Kasha's rule, when applied to photochemical reactions. In contrast to the …

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …