Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts

X Tao, Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, R Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion and storage of solar energy to chemical energy via artificial photosynthesis
holds significant potential for optimizing the energy situation and mitigating the global …

Supramolecular coordination cages for artificial photosynthesis and synthetic photocatalysis

R Ham, CJ Nielsen, S Pullen, JNH Reek - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Because sunlight is the most abundant energy source on earth, it has huge potential for
practical applications ranging from sustainable energy supply to light driven chemistry. From …

Isolated electron trap‐induced charge accumulation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

W Huang, C Su, C Zhu, T Bo, S Zuo, W Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven evolution of hydrogen from water using particulate photocatalysts is
considered one of the most economical and promising protocols for achieving a stable …

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 …

Semiconducting polymers for oxygen evolution reaction under light illumination

Y Fang, Y Hou, X Fu, X Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

Biomimetic active sites on monolayered metal–organic frameworks for artificial photosynthesis

G Lan, Y Fan, W Shi, E You, SS Veroneau, W Lin - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Enzymes have evolved to catalyse challenging chemical transformations with high efficiency
and selectivity. Although a number of artificial systems have been developed to recapitulate …

Steering electron–hole migration pathways using oxygen vacancies in tungsten oxides to enhance their photocatalytic oxygen evolution performance

Z Wei, W Wang, W Li, X Bai, J Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The overall water splitting efficiency is mainly restricted by the slow kinetics of oxygen
evolution. Therefore, it is essential to develop active oxygen evolution catalysts. In this …

Advanced oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting

G Dong, L Yan, Y Bi - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising technique for
converting abundant solar-energy into clean and sustainable hydrogen fuels. However, the …

Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Graphitic carbon nitride (g–C3N4)–based metal-free photocatalysts for water splitting: a review

A Mishra, A Mehta, S Basu, NP Shetti, KR Reddy… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
A variety of g–C 3 N 4–based metal-free photocatalysts for H 2 generation including
structurally manipulated gC 3 N 4, g–C 3 N 4–doped with non-metallic elements and …