Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts

E Pastor, M Sachs, S Selim, JR Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A deep understanding of defects is essential for the optimization of materials for solar energy
conversion. This is particularly true for metal oxide photo (electro) catalysts, which typically …

Emerging Surface, Bulk, and Interface Engineering Strategies on BiVO4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

MA Gaikwad, UP Suryawanshi, UV Ghorpade, JS Jang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell that collects and stores abundant sunlight to hydrogen
fuel promises a clean and renewable pathway for future energy needs and challenges …

Low-bias photoelectrochemical water splitting via mediating trap states and small polaron hop**

H Wu, L Zhang, A Du, R Irani, R van de Krol… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metal oxides are promising for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting due to their
robustness and low cost. However, poor charge carrier transport impedes their activity …

Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of Z-scheme g-C3N4/BiVO4 photocatalyst

J Safaei, H Ullah, NA Mohamed, MFM Noh… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Comparative Experimental and DFT study of gC 3 N 4/BiVO 4, Z-scheme
heterojunction is performed.•gC 3 N 4/BiVO 4 heterojunction has boosted the performance …

Enriched surface oxygen vacancies of photoanodes by photoetching with enhanced charge separation

S Feng, T Wang, B Liu, C Hu, L Li, ZJ Zhao… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A facile photoetching approach is described that alleviates the negative effects from bulk
defects by confining the oxygen vacancy (Ovac) at the surface of BiVO4 photoanode, by 10 …

A tailored double perovskite nanofiber catalyst enables ultrafast oxygen evolution

B Zhao, L Zhang, D Zhen, S Yoo, Y Ding… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Rechargeable metal–air batteries and water splitting are highly competitive options for a
sustainable energy future, but their commercialization is hindered by the absence of cost …

Engineering electrocatalytic activity in nanosized perovskite cobaltite through surface spin-state transition

S Zhou, X Miao, X Zhao, C Ma, Y Qiu, Z Hu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The activity of electrocatalysts exhibits a strongly dependence on their electronic structures.
Specifically, for perovskite oxides, Shao-Horn and co-workers have reported a correlation …

A Front-Illuminated Nanostructured Transparent BiVO4 Photoanode for >2% Efficient Water Splitting.

Y Kuang, Q Jia, H Nishiyama… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
Appropriate nanostructuring and morphology control significantly improves front illumination
performance and optical properties of a transparent BiVO4 photoanode, with a record high …

Novel Black BiVO4/TiO2−x Photoanode with Enhanced Photon Absorption and Charge Separation for Efficient and Stable Solar Water Splitting

Z Tian, P Zhang, P Qin, D Sun, S Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in solar water splitting by using BiVO4 as a photoanode have greatly
optimized charge carrier and reaction dynamics, but relatively wide bandgap and poor …

The Role of Surface Oxygen Vacancies in BiVO4

W Wang, PJ Strohbeen, D Lee, C Zhou… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a widely studied oxide in solar water splitting, known for its
ease of synthesis, high charge extraction yields, and advantageous band alignment with …