Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts

E Pastor, M Sachs, S Selim, JR Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A deep understanding of defects is essential for the optimization of materials for solar energy
conversion. This is particularly true for metal oxide photo (electro) catalysts, which typically …

A comprehensive review on hydrogen production and utilization in North America: Prospects and challenges

VM Avargani, S Zendehboudi, NMC Saady… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is one of the most efficient and attractive energy carriers that can fulfill current and
future energy requirements and address the drawbacks of conventional energy resources …

Alternatives to Water Photooxidation for Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion and Green H2 Production

XMC Ta, R Daiyan, TKA Nguyen… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is considered a promising technology to produce
renewable hydrogen, a clean fuel or energy carrier to replace conventional carbon‐based …

Highly active atomically dispersed platinum-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction achieved by defect anchoring strategy

Y Chen, R Ding, J Li, J Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) can achieve ultimate atomic utilization of precious metals to
improve water splitting's economy. However, active sites in SACs are usually insufficient …

Polymer photoelectrodes for solar fuel production: progress and challenges

M Thangamuthu, Q Ruan, PO Ohemeng, B Luo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Converting solar energy to fuels has attracted substantial interest over the past decades
because it has the potential to sustainably meet the increasing global energy demand …

Nanoscale metal oxides–2D materials heterostructures for photoelectrochemical water splitting—a review

AR Fareza, FAA Nugroho, FF Abdi… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an interesting approach to harness clean and
renewable solar energy to generate green hydrogen. To this end, metal oxides (MOs) have …

Insight into the Key Restriction of BiVO4 Photoanodes Prepared by Pyrolysis Method for Scalable Preparation

N Yang, S Zhang, Y Xiao, Y Qi, Y Bao, P Xu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Bismuth Vanadate (BiVO4) photoanode has been popularly investigated for
promising solar water oxidation, but its intrinsic performance has been greatly retarded by …

Investigation and optimization of mxene functionalized mesoporous titania films as efficient photoelectrodes

A Iqbal, NM Hamdan - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional mesoporous TiO2 scaffolds of anatase phase possess inherent eximious
optical behavior that is beneficial for photoelectrodes used for solar energy conversion …

New Directions for Chemical Engineering

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and … - 2022 - osti.gov
Over the past century, the work of chemical engineers has helped transform societies and
the lives of individuals, from the synthetic fertilizers that helped feed the world to the …

[HTML][HTML] ZnO/BiOI heterojunction photoanodes with enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity

M Wang, A Kafizas, S Sathasivam, MO Blunt… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
ZnO/BiOI heterojunction photoanode thin films were prepared by aerosol-assisted chemical
vapour deposition, and the impact of growth temperature and film thickness on the water …