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Photoelectrolysis of water

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A Hierarchical 3D TiO2/Ni Nanostructure as an Efficient Hole-Extraction and Protection Layer for GaAs Photoanodes

Michael Graetzel, Hyeonho Jeong

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising clean route to hydrogen fuel. The best-performing materials (III/V semiconductors) require surface passivation, as they are liable to corrosion, and a surface co-catalyst to facilitate water splitti ...

2020

FeO-based nanostructures and nanohybrids for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Kevin Sivula

The need to satisfy the growing global population's enormous energy demands is a major challenge for modern societies. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting (WS) is seen as a leading strategy for producing an extremely promising renewable store of ene ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Mitigating voltage losses in photoelectrochemical cell scale-up

Sophia Haussener, Ronald Ramiro Gutierrez Perez

In solar water splitting, efforts in scaling up the photoelectrochemical cell beyond laboratory scale have started to attract significant attention. Several large-area devices have been demonstrated, but typically the efficiencies are much lower than their ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Synthesis of metal oxide photoanodes for water splitting using nanocrystals as precursors

Chethana Janardhana Gadiyar

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting devices are envisioned to play a key role in the societal transition towards sustainable energy sources. In this context, multinary metal oxide semiconductors are the most promising candidates for the role of phot ...

EPFL2020

Hydrogenation of ZnFe2O4 Flat Films: Effects of the Pre-Annealing Temperature on the Photoanodes Efficiency for Water Oxidation

Kevin Sivula, Charles Roger Jean Lhermitte

The effects induced by post-synthesis hydrogenation on ZnFe2O4 flat films in terms of photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance of photoanodes for water oxidation have been deeply investigated as a function of the pre-annealing temperature of the materials. T ...

2020

Strategies for Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Coupling toward Solar-Driven Water Splitting

Xile Hu, Lichen Bai

Hydrogen (H-2) has a significant potential to enable the global energy transition from the current fossil-dominant system to a clean, sustainable, and low-carbon energy system. While presently global H-2 production is predominated by fossil-fuel feedstocks ...

2020

Unraveling the synergy between metal-organic frameworks and co-catalysts in photocatalytic water splitting

Alfredo Pasquarello, Kyriakos Stylianou, Stavroula Kampouri, Stefano Falletta, Patrick Gono, Zhendong Guo

We investigate the synergy occurring in photocatalytic water splitting between the metal-organic framework MIL-125-NH(2)and two co-catalysts, namely NiO and Ni2P, by calculating their band edge alignment with respect to the redox levels of liquid water. Fo ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Understanding Surface Recombination Processes Using Intensity-Modulated Photovoltage Spectroscopy on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

Kevin Sivula, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Yongpeng Liu

Converting solar energy into hydrogen through photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting offers a promising route towards a fully renewable energy economy. A fundamental understanding of photogenerated charge recombination processes in semiconducting photo ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Practical challenges in the development of photoelectrochemical solar fuels production

Sophia Haussener, Miguel Antonio Modestino

This article addresses the challenges presented by photoelectrochemical solar fuels technology in a discussion that begins with a functioning device and proceeds to the more fundamental science of its component parts. In this flow of discussion issues are ...

2020

Trace Iridium Engineering on Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets as High-active Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting

Yun Tong, Pengzuo Chen

Designing cost-effective electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting to generate the hydrogen energy as a future energy source is pivotal. An excellent catalyst should show high catalytic activity for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxy ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2020