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 …

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 …

Hybrid photoelectrochemical water splitting systems: from interface design to system assembly

F Niu, D Wang, F Li, Y Liu, S Shen… - Advanced Energy …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has attracted increasing attention due to its
potential to mitigate energy and environmental issues. Hybrid PEC systems containing …

Finding the way to solar fuels with dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells

MK Brennaman, RJ Dillon, L Alibabaei… - Journal of the …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) integrates high bandgap,
nanoparticle oxide semiconductors with the light-absorbing and catalytic properties of …

Anchoring groups for photocatalytic water oxidation on metal oxide surfaces

KL Materna, RH Crabtree, GW Brudvig - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Surface anchoring groups are needed to attach molecular units to photoanodes for
photocatalytic water oxidation. The anchoring group must be hydrolytically stable and …

Binary molecular-semiconductor p–n junctions for photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction

B Shan, S Vanka, TT Li, L Troian-Gautier… - Nature Energy, 2019‏ - nature.com
In one approach to solar energy conversion, light-harvesting sensitizers absorb and convert
photons into electron–hole pairs to drive water splitting or CO2 reduction to produce fuels …

Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells

P Xu, NS McCool, TE Mallouk - Nano Today, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Research in artificial photosynthesis is driven by the goal of creating low-cost, integrated
systems for the direct conversion of solar energy to high energy density fuels. Water-splitting …

Recent advances in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting

S Zhang, H Ye, J Hua, H Tian - EnergyChem, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (DSPECs) that can drive water splitting to
generate solar fuel through the absorption of sun light, has attracted growing interest in the …

Nanotechnology for catalysis and solar energy conversion

U Banin, N Waiskopf, L Hammarström… - …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This roadmap on Nanotechnology for Catalysis and Solar Energy Conversion focuses on
the application of nanotechnology in addressing the current challenges of energy …

Photoelectrochemical hydrogen production in water using a layer-by-layer assembly of a Ru dye and Ni catalyst on NiO

MA Gross, CE Creissen, KL Orchard, E Reisner - Chemical science, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Capture and conversion of sunlight into the storable energy carrier H2 can be achieved
through photoelectrochemical water splitting using light-absorbing cathodes and anodes …