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 …

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 …

Supported IrO2 Nanocatalyst with Multilayered Structure for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

Y Wang, Z Zhao, X Liang, X Zhao, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The design of a low‐iridium‐loading anode catalyst layer with high activity and durability is a
key challenge for a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE). Here, the …

Investigation and mitigation of degradation mechanisms in Cu2O photoelectrodes for CO2 reduction to ethylene

G Liu, F Zheng, J Li, G Zeng, Y Ye, DM Larson, J Yano… - Nature Energy, 2021‏ - nature.com
The chemical transformations that occur in metal oxides under operating conditions limit
their applications for artificial photosynthesis. Understanding these chemical changes is a …

Tungsten oxides for photocatalysis, electrochemistry, and phototherapy

ZF Huang, J Song, L Pan, X Zhang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The conversion, storage, and utilization of renewable energy have all become more
important than ever before as a response to ever‐growing energy and environment …

The Ir–OOOO–Ir transition state and the mechanism of the oxygen evolution reaction on IrO 2 (110)

T Binninger, ML Doublet - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Carefully assessing the energetics along the pathway of the oxygen evolution reaction
(OER), our computational study reveals that the “classical” OER mechanism on the (110) …

Electrospun semiconductor‐based nano‐heterostructures for photocatalytic energy conversion and environmental remediation: opportunities and challenges

N Lu, M Zhang, X **g, P Zhang, Y Zhu… - Energy & …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting solar energy to drive the semiconductor photocatalysis offers a promising tactic
to address ever‐growing challenges of both energy shortage and environmental pollution …

The Reaction Mechanism with Free Energy Barriers at Constant Potentials for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the IrO2 (110) Surface

Y **, RJ Nielsen, WA Goddard III - Journal of the American …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
How to efficiently oxidize H2O to O2 (oxygen evolution reaction, OER) in
photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) is a great challenge due to its complex charge transfer …

Modelling heterogeneous interfaces for solar water splitting

TA Pham, Y **, G Galli - Nature materials, 2017‏ - nature.com
The generation of hydrogen from water and sunlight offers a promising approach for
producing scalable and sustainable carbon-free energy. The key of a successful solar-to …

Why do we use the materials and operating conditions we use for heterogeneous (photo) electrochemical water splitting?

A Govind Rajan, JMP Martirez, EA Carter - ACS Catalysis, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Water splitting through the use of (photo) electrocatalysts is a carbon-free route to
sustainably produce hydrogen gas for use in various applications, such as ammonia and …