Metal oxides nanoparticles via sol–gel method: a review on synthesis, characterization and applications

M Parashar, VK Shukla, R Singh - Journal of Materials Science: Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) have enormous applications such as in optical devices,
purification systems, biomedical systems, photocatalysis, photovoltaics etc. In this review, we …

Photoelectrocatalytic materials for solar water splitting

T Yao, X An, H Han, JQ Chen… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting offers a promising approach to convert sunlight into
sustainable hydrogen energy. A thorough understanding of the relationships between the …

Pt/AlGaN nanoarchitecture: toward high responsivity, self-powered ultraviolet-sensitive photodetection

D Wang, X Liu, S Fang, C Huang, Y Kang, H Yu… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy-saving photodetectors are the key components in future photonic systems.
Particularly, self-powered photoelectrochemical-type photodetectors (PEC–PDs), which …

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 …

Strategies for stable water splitting via protected photoelectrodes

D Bae, B Seger, PCK Vesborg, O Hansen… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar-fuel conversion is a promising approach to provide clean
and storable fuel (eg, hydrogen and methanol) directly from sunlight, water and CO2 …

Photocatalytic water splitting: advantages and challenges

K Villa, JR Galán-Mascarós, N López… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last decades, an increasing interest has been devoted to the generation of
hydrogen from solar-powered water splitting devices as a direct approach to generate a …

Multifunctional nano-heterogeneous Ni (OH) 2/NiFe catalysts on silicon photoanode toward efficient water and urea oxidation

SA Lee, JW Yang, TH Lee, IJ Park, C Kim… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exploiting inexhaustible free energy from the sun to produce clean and sustainable fuels is
an attractive route toward the heavily polluted earth and energy shortage …

A Facet‐Dependent Schottky‐Junction Electron Shuttle in a BiVO4{010}–Au–Cu2OZ‐Scheme Photocatalyst for Efficient Charge Separation

C Zhou, S Wang, Z Zhao, Z Shi… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial charge separation and transfer are the main challenges of efficient semiconductor‐
based Z‐scheme photocatalytic systems. Here, it is discovered that a Schottky junction at the …

[HTML][HTML] Reaction kinetics and interplay of two different surface states on hematite photoanodes for water oxidation

J Li, W Wan, CA Triana, H Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the function of surface states on photoanodes is crucial for unraveling the
underlying reaction mechanisms of water oxidation. For hematite photoanodes, only one …

Recent progress and development in inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots for photoelectrochemical applications

J Liang, D Chen, X Yao, K Zhang, F Qu, L Qin, Y Huang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots (IHPQDs) have recently emerged as a new class
of optoelectronic nanomaterials that can outperform the existing hybrid organometallic …