Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts

X Tao, Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, R Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion and storage of solar energy to chemical energy via artificial photosynthesis
holds significant potential for optimizing the energy situation and mitigating the global …

Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of more than 9% in photocatalytic water splitting

P Zhou, IA Navid, Y Ma, Y Xiao, P Wang, Z Ye, B Zhou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Production of hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water, two of the most abundant natural
resources on Earth, offers one of the most promising pathways for carbon neutrality,–. Some …

Orthogonal charge transfer by precise positioning of silver single atoms and clusters on carbon nitride for efficient piezocatalytic pure water splitting

C Hu, J Hu, Z Zhu, Y Lu, S Chu, T Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient piezocatalytic systems for two‐electron water splitting (TEWS) with
producing H2 and H2O2 shows great promise to meet the industrial demand. Herein, Ag …

Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang, Y Feng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis is an efficient biochemical process which converts solar energy into
energy-rich carbohydrates. By understanding the key photoelectrochemical processes and …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated halide perovskite photoelectrochemical cells with solar-driven water-splitting efficiency of 20.8%

AMK Fehr, A Agrawal, F Mandani, CL Conrad… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency concomitant with long-term durability
using low-cost, scalable photo-absorbers is a long-standing challenge. Here we report the …

Blocking the reverse reactions of overall water splitting on a Rh/GaN–ZnO photocatalyst modified with Al2O3

Z Li, R Li, H Jing, J Xiao, H Xie, F Hong, N Ta… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Sunlight-driven photocatalytic overall water splitting (OWS) presents a promising route
towards solar-to-chemical energy conversion. However, OWS has been realized with only a …

Atomic heterointerface engineering overcomes the activity limitation of electrocatalysts and promises highly-efficient alkaline water splitting

Q Xu, J Zhang, H Zhang, L Zhang, L Chen… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaline water splitting, especially anion-exchange-membrane based water electrolysis, is
an attractive way for low-cost and scalable H2 production. Green electricity-driven alkaline …

Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced solar energy utilization technologies have been booming for carbon-neutral and
renewable society development. Photovoltaic cells now hold the highest potential for …

Form-stable phase change composites: Preparation, performance, and applications for thermal energy conversion, storage and management

MQ Wu, S Wu, YF Cai, RZ Wang, TX Li - Energy Storage Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively characterized as promising energy
materials for thermal energy storage and thermal management to address the mismatch …