Water oxidation is the key step for both photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction, but
its efficiency is very low compared with the photocatalytic reduction of water. Bismuth …

Artificial photosynthesis relies on the availability of semiconductors that are chemically
stable and can efficiently capture solar energy. Although metal oxide semiconductors have …

Semiconductor‐based photocatalytic decomposition of water is one of the most promising
techniques to produce clean and renewable energy in the future. Photogenerated charge …

Solar-assisted water splitting with bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) photoanodes has progressed
significantly with many efforts devoted to improving charge separation and surface charge …

Development of practical systems for photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy to
chemical fuel requires light absorbers that are efficient, durable, and scalable. Because no …

Transition metal oxide (TMO) photoabsorbers are expected to play an important role in the
development of renewable solar‐to‐fuel devices. Modest efficiencies have been …

We study hole and electron polarons in BiVO4 at finite temperature through hybrid functional
molecular dynamics simulations. Through the thermodynamic integration method, we obtain …

By means of density functional theory computations, we investigated the electronic
structures and optical properties of BiMO4 (M= V, Nb, Ta) in order to understand their …

To explore the origin of the enhanced photocatalytic activity of Mo-doped monoclinic BiVO4,
variations of the structures and the electronic properties, as well as the adsorption behavior …

The catalytic reactivity and photoactivity of WO 3 and BiVO 4 oxide semiconductors have
general obstacles as electrodes in emergent photo-electrochemical (PEC) hydrogen …