Although defect design is an essential means of improving the performance of photocatalytic
materials, defect introduction is not always beneficial. Current defect engineering focuses on …

Photocatalysis is a quite promising technique to solve increasingly energy shortage and
environmental pollution. Due to the specific electronic and optical properties, recent years …

Although much effort has been devoted to improving photoelectrochemical water splitting of
hematite (α-Fe2O3) due to its high theoretical solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of …

Engineering the hole transfer layer is a promising approach to suppress the bulk charge
recombination of photoanodes for enhancing solar water splitting performance. Herein …

For practical photoelectrochemical water splitting to become a reality, highly efficient, stable
and scalable photoelectrodes are essential. However, meeting these requirements …

Sluggish oxygen evolution reactions on photoanode surfaces severely limit the application
of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. The loading of cocatalysts on photoanodes …

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting represents an attractive strategy to realize the
conversion from solar energy to hydrogen energy, but severe charge recombination in …

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems are essential for solar energy conversion, addressing
critical energy and environmental issues. However, the low efficiency in utilizing …

CO2 photocatalytic conversion into value-added fuels through solar energy is a promising
way of storing renewable energy while simultaneously reducing the concentration of CO2 in …

Nanostructured bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is at the forefront of emerging photoanodes in
photoelectrochemical tandem devices for solar water splitting owing to the suitable band …