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 …

Photocatalytic technology with sunlight as driving force can convert solar energy into other
energy sources for storage and further use. Cadmium sulfide (CdS), as a typical reducing …

Interface engineering is a proven strategy to improve the efficiency of thin film semiconductor
based solar energy conversion devices. Ta3N5 thin film photoanode is a promising …

Ta3N5 is a promising photoanode material with a theoretical maximum solar conversion
efficiency of 15.9% for photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, the highest applied …

The trade-off between light absorption and carrier transport in semiconductor thin film
photoelectrodes is a major limiting factor of their solar-to-hydrogen efficiency for …

In photochemical production of hydrogen from water, the hole-mediated oxidation reaction is
the rate-determining step. A poor solar-to-hydrogen efficiency is usually related to a …

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation based on semiconductor materials plays an
important role in the production of clean fuel and value‐added chemicals. Nanostructure …

Unbiased solar water splitting via a photoelectrochemical–photovoltaic (PEC–PV) tandem
device is a promising strategy for efficient, low-cost, and sustainable hydrogen production to …

Abstract Tantalum nitride (Ta3N5) has emerged as a promising photoanode material for
photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. However, the inefficient electron‐hole …

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 …