Tantalum nitride for photocatalytic water splitting: concept and applications

E Nurlaela, A Ziani, K Takanabe - Materials for Renewable and …, 2016 - Springer
Along with many other solar energy conversion processes, research on photocatalytic water
splitting to generate hydrogen and oxygen has experienced rapid major development over …

Nanocatalysts for solar water splitting and a perspective on hydrogen economy

T Grewe, M Meggouh… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this review article, nanocatalysts for solar hydrogen production are the focus of discussion
as they can contribute to the development of sustainable hydrogen production in order to …

Electronic and optical properties of single crystal SnS 2: an earth-abundant disulfide photocatalyst

LA Burton, TJ Whittles, D Hesp, WM Linhart… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Tin disulfide is attractive as a potential visible-light photocatalyst because its elemental
components are cheap, abundant and environmentally benign. As a 2-dimensional …

New understanding on the different photocatalytic activity of wurtzite and zinc-blende CdS

J Zhang, S Wageh, AA Al-Ghamdi, J Yu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
In general, wurtzite CdS exhibits a higher photocatalytic activity than zinc-blende CdS.
However, the underlying physicochemical reasons responsible for the differences of …

Temperature dependence of electrocatalytic and photocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction rates using NiFe oxide

E Nurlaela, T Shinagawa, M Qureshi, DS Dhawale… - Acs …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The present work compares the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrocatalysis and
photocatalysis in aqueous solutions using nanostructured NiFeO x as catalysts. The impacts …

TiO2@ ZIF-8: A novel approach of modifying micro-environment for enhanced photo-catalytic dye degradation and high usability of TiO2 nanoparticles

R Chandra, S Mukhopadhyay, M Nath - Materials Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
For the first time commercially obtained TiO 2 nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully
encapsulated in zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) through in situ incorporation …

Electronic Structure of the (Undoped and Fe-Doped) NiOOH O2 Evolution Electrocatalyst

JC Conesa - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016 - ACS Publications
A DFT study was carried out on the atomic and electronic structure of bulk β-NiOOH, with
and without substitution of Ni by Fe, examining different stackings and proton distributions in …

Solar water splitting using semiconductor photocatalyst powders

K Takanabe - Solar Energy for Fuels, 2016 - Springer
Solar energy conversion is essential to address the gap between energy production and
increasing demand. Large scale energy generation from solar energy can only be achieved …

State-of-the-art Sn 2+-based ternary oxides as photocatalysts for water splitting: electronic structures and optoelectronic properties

D Noureldine, K Takanabe - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing visible light responsive metal oxide photocatalysts is a challenge that must be
conquered to achieve high efficiency for water splitting or hydrogen evolution reactions …

Benchmarking density functional theory based methods to model NiOOH material properties: Hubbard and van der Waals corrections vs hybrid functionals

J Zaffran, M Caspary Toroker - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2016 - ACS Publications
NiOOH has recently been used to catalyze water oxidation by way of electrochemical water
splitting. Few experimental data are available to rationalize the successful catalytic …