Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting

FE Osterloh - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing human need for clean and renewable energy has stimulated research in
artificial photosynthesis, and in particular water photoelectrolysis as a pathway to hydrogen …

Recent advances in nanostructured metal nitrides for water splitting

N Han, P Liu, J Jiang, L Ai, Z Shao, S Liu - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The gradually dwindling resources of fossil fuels and the urgency to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions portray a globally concerning image of our contemporary energy infrastructure …

Photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen production: current state of promising photoelectrodes, methods to improve their properties, and outlook

Z Li, W Luo, M Zhang, J Feng, Z Zou - Energy & Environmental Science, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Harnessing solar energy for the production of clean hydrogen fuels by a
photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell represents a very attractive but challenging alternative. This …

Recent progress of transition metal nitrides for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

X Peng, C Pi, X Zhang, S Li, K Huo… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) constitute the
two main processes in electrochemical water splitting to produce high-purity hydrogen and …

Cobalt-oxide-based materials as water oxidation catalyst: recent progress and challenges

X Deng, H Tüysüz - AcS catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
Inspired by natural processes, there is an enormous interest in light-driven water splitting to
convert solar energy into electrical and chemical energy. This approach is thought to be able …

Highly efficient photocatalysts constructed by rational assembly of dual-cocatalysts separately on different facets of BiVO 4

R Li, H Han, F Zhang, D Wang, C Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Cocatalysts play important roles in promoting the catalytic reactions of semiconductor
photocatalysts. Especially, deposition of dual cocatalysts, ie, oxidation and reduction …

Tantalum-based semiconductors for solar water splitting

P Zhang, J Zhang, J Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy utilization is one of the most promising solutions for the energy crises. Among
all the possible means to make use of solar energy, solar water splitting is remarkable since …

Enabling silicon for solar-fuel production

K Sun, S Shen, Y Liang, PE Burrows, SS Mao… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
After over 150 years of exploiting fossil fuels, nowadays humans are encountering two great
global problems: the increasingly serious environmental pollution and the expected …

Recent advances on small band gap semiconductor materials (≤ 2.1 eV) for solar water splitting

H Zhang, J Liu, T Xu, W Ji, X Zong - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
The conversion of solar energy into renewable H2 fuel via photoelectrochemical and
photocatalytic water splitting approaches has attracted considerable attention due to its …

A tantalum nitride photoanode modified with a hole‐storage layer for highly stable solar water splitting

G Liu, J Shi, F Zhang, Z Chen, J Han… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an ideal approach for renewable solar fuel
production. One of the major problems is that narrow bandgap semiconductors, such as …