The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis

S Corby, RR Rao, L Steier, JR Durrant - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Generating charge carriers with lifetimes long enough to drive catalysis is a critical aspect for
photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic systems, and a key determinant of their efficiency …

Noble-metal-free multicomponent nanointegration for sustainable energy conversion

H Lu, J Tournet, K Dastafkan, Y Liu, YH Ng… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Global energy and environmental crises are among the most pressing challenges facing
humankind. To overcome these challenges, recent years have seen an upsurge of interest …

Ru-P pair sites boost charge transport in hematite photoanodes for exceeding 1% efficient solar water splitting

RT Gao, L Liu, Y Li, Y Yang, J He… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Fast transport of charge carriers in semiconductor photoelectrodes are a major determinant
of the solar-to-hydrogen efficiency for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water slitting. While …

Strategies for enhancing the photocurrent, photovoltage, and stability of photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

W Yang, RR Prabhakar, J Tan, SD Tilley… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
To accelerate the deployment of hydrogen produced by renewable solar energy, several
technologies have been competitively developed, including photoelectrochemical (PEC) …

Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems: similarities and differences

H Wu, HL Tan, CY Toe, J Scott, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical processes are two key systems in harvesting
sunlight for energy and environmental applications. As both systems are employing …

Gradient tantalum-doped hematite homojunction photoanode improves both photocurrents and turn-on voltage for solar water splitting

H Zhang, D Li, WJ Byun, X Wang, TJ Shin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Hematite has a great potential as a photoanode for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water
splitting by converting solar energy into hydrogen fuels, but the solar-to-hydrogen …

Materials for solar fuels and chemicals

JH Montoya, LC Seitz, P Chakthranont, A Vojvodic… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The conversion of sunlight into fuels and chemicals is an attractive prospect for the storage
of renewable energy, and photoelectrocatalytic technologies represent a pathway by which …

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 …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting: a road from stable metal oxides to protected thin film solar cells

C Ros, T Andreu, JR Morante - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has attracted great attention during past decades
thanks to the possibility to reduce the production costs of hydrogen or other solar fuels, by …

Recent progress in energy‐driven water splitting

SY Tee, KY Win, WS Teo, LD Koh, S Liu… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen is readily obtained from renewable and non‐renewable resources via water
splitting by using thermal, electrical, photonic and biochemical energy. The major hydrogen …