Recent advancements in photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen production

Y Zhao, Z Niu, J Zhao, L Xue, X Fu, J Long - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
Sunlight is the most abundant and inexhaustible energy source on earth. However, its low
energy density, dispersibility and intermittent nature make its direct utilization with industrial …

Strategies for enhancing the photocurrent, photovoltage, and stability of photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

W Yang, RR Prabhakar, J Tan, SD Tilley… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
To accelerate the deployment of hydrogen produced by renewable solar energy, several
technologies have been competitively developed, including photoelectrochemical (PEC) …

Mechanistic analysis of multiple processes controlling solar-driven H2O2 synthesis using engineered polymeric carbon nitride

Y Zhao, P Zhang, Z Yang, L Li, J Gao, S Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar-driven hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production presents unique merits of sustainability
and environmental friendliness. Herein, efficient solar-driven H2O2 production through …

Highly Efficient Degradation of Persistent Pollutants with 3D Nanocone TiO2-Based Photoelectrocatalysis

R Song, H Chi, Q Ma, D Li, X Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) degradation of organic pollutants into CO2 and H2O is a
promising strategy for addressing ever-growing environmental problems. Titanium dioxide …

Photo‐Electrochemical Glycerol Conversion over a Mie Scattering Effect Enhanced Porous BiVO4 Photoanode

C Lin, C Dong, S Kim, Y Lu, Y Wang, Z Yu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The photo‐electrochemical (PEC) oxidation of glycerol (GLY) to high‐value‐added
dihydroxyacetone (DHA) can be achieved over a BiVO4 photoanode, while the PEC …

The 2022 solar fuels roadmap

G Segev, J Kibsgaard, C Hahn, ZJ Xu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Renewable fuel generation is essential for a low carbon footprint economy. Thus, over the
last five decades, a significant effort has been dedicated towards increasing the …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting: a road from stable metal oxides to protected thin film solar cells

C Ros, T Andreu, JR Morante - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Hole utilization in solar hydrogen production

MZ Rahman, T Edvinsson, J Gascon - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Metal–insulator–semiconductor photoelectrodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

S Wei, X **a, S Bi, S Hu, X Wu, HY Hsu, X Zou… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting provides a scalable and integrated platform to
harness renewable solar energy for green hydrogen production. The practical …

Nanometals for solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion: from semiconductor‐based photocatalysis to plasmon‐mediated photocatalysis and photo‐thermocatalysis

X Meng, L Liu, S Ouyang, H Xu, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nanometal materials play very important roles in solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion due
to their unique catalytic and optical characteristics. They have found wide applications from …