Photoelectrochemical (PEC) technology for the conversion of solar energy into chemicals
requires cost‐effective photoelectrodes to efficiently and stably drive anodic and/or cathodic …

Conspectus The electrochemical conversion of sunlight by photoelectrochemical cells
(PECs) is based on semiconductor electrodes that are interfaced with a liquid electrolyte …

Inspired by photosynthesis, solar water electrolysis uses sunlight to produce hydrogen, a
clean, sustainable and storable fuel and a promising solution to the energy storage …

Silicon (Si) is a promising semiconductor material in photoelectrochemical (PEC) H2
evolution due to its advantages of being an earth-abundant element, non-toxicity, broad …

Silicon, an earth‐abundant material with mature technology, low‐cost manufacturing, and
high stability, holds promise to enable the sustainable exploitation of solar energy resources …

Nanostructured Si eliminates several critical problems with Si photocathodes and
dramatically improves a photoelectrochemical (PEC) reaction important to water-splitting …

Si, as a narrow bandgap semiconductor with a broadband absorption for sunlight, is
considered to be a very competitive photoelectrode material for solar‐driven …

Water splitting for hydrogen production by harvesting sunlight is widely accepted as one of
the most promising routes to relieve the energy crisis and environmental issues caused by …

Solar water splitting using Si photoelectrodes in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells offers a
promising approach to convert sunlight into sustainable hydrogen energy, which has …

After over 150 years of exploiting fossil fuels, nowadays humans are encountering two great
global problems: the increasingly serious environmental pollution and the expected …