Advanced electrocatalysts with unusual active sites for electrochemical water splitting

H Sun, X Xu, H Kim, Z Shao, WC Jung - InfoMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting represents a promising technology for green hydrogen
production. To design advanced electrocatalysts, it is crucial to identify their active sites and …

Solar hydrogen

Z Li, S Fang, H Sun, RJ Chung… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen, produced through a zero‐pollution, sustainable, low‐cost, and high‐efficiency
process, is regarded as the “ultimate energy” of the 21st century. Solar water‐splitting …

Solar-driven hydrogen production: recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives

H Song, S Luo, H Huang, B Deng, J Ye - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar H2 production is considered as a potentially promising way to utilize solar energy and
tackle climate change stemming from the combustion of fossil fuels. Photocatalytic …

Semiconducting polymers for oxygen evolution reaction under light illumination

Y Fang, Y Hou, X Fu, X Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting

Y Qi, J Zhang, Y Kong, Y Zhao, S Chen, D Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has been widely investigated as a photocatalyst or photoanode
for solar water splitting, but its activity is hindered by inefficient cocatalysts and limited …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis

Q Wang, C Pornrungroj, S Linley, E Reisner - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The synthesis of fuels using sunlight offers a promising sustainable solution for chemical
energy storage, but inefficient utilization of the solar spectrum limits its commercial viability …

The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis

S Corby, RR Rao, L Steier, JR Durrant - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Generating charge carriers with lifetimes long enough to drive catalysis is a critical aspect for
photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic systems, and a key determinant of their efficiency …

Progress and perspectives in photo‐and electrochemical‐oxidation of biomass for sustainable chemicals and hydrogen production

H Luo, J Barrio, N Sunny, A Li, L Steier… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is recognized as an ideal CO2 neutral, abundant, and renewable resource
substitute to fossil fuels. The rich proton content in most biomass derived materials, such as …

Tandem cells for unbiased photoelectrochemical water splitting

B Liu, S Wang, G Zhang, Z Gong, B Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is an essential energy carrier which will address the challenges posed by the
energy crisis and climate change. Photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC) is an important …