Photocatalysis based technologies have a key role in addressing important challenges of
the ecological transition, such as environment remediation and conversion of renewable …

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 …

Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have become a topic of significant research in the last
two decades because of their scientific importance in the area of energy conversion …

Plasmonic nano-structures of d10 metals are suggested to be the future of photo-voltaics
and photo-catalysis under solar irradiation, thanks to their large light absorption cross …

Zinc oxide was one of the first semiconductors used in dye-sensitized solar cells but its
instability in aqueous media precludes its use for large-scale applications. Herein, we report …

Understanding electron mobility on TiO2 is crucial because of its applications in
photocatalysis and solar cells. This work shows that shallow traps believed to be involved in …

We report on deep-to-near-UV transient absorption spectra of core-shell Au/SiO_2 and
Au/TiO_2 nanoparticles (NPs) excited at the surface plasmon resonance of the Au core, and …

The mismatch between short lifetimes of free charge carriers and slow kinetics of surface
redox reactions substantially limits the efficiency of most photocatalytic systems. Hence, the …

Both electronic properties and light absorption are key features in materials engineering to
achieve efficient photoelectrodes for water splitting. Adjusting the potential drop inside the …

A strategy to hinder the charge recombination process in dye sensitized solar cells is
developed in analogy with similar approaches to modulate charge transport across …