Current understanding and challenges of solar-driven hydrogen generation using polymeric photocatalysts

Y Wang, A Vogel, M Sachs, RS Sprick, L Wilbraham… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The use of hydrogen as a fuel, when generated from water using semiconductor
photocatalysts and driven by sunlight, is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Polymeric …

Stabilization and performance enhancement strategies for halide perovskite photocatalysts

S Chen, H Yin, P Liu, Y Wang, H Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐energy‐powered photocatalytic fuel production and chemical synthesis are widely
recognized as viable technological solutions for a sustainable energy future. However, the …

Spatiotemporal imaging of charge transfer in photocatalyst particles

R Chen, Z Ren, Y Liang, G Zhang, T Dittrich, R Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The water-splitting reaction using photocatalyst particles is a promising route for solar fuel
production,,–. Photo-induced charge transfer from a photocatalyst to catalytic surface sites is …

Strategies for improving perovskite photocatalysts reactivity for organic pollutants degradation: A review on recent progress

K Wei, Y Faraj, G Yao, R Xie, B Lai - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Perovskite oxides have been recognized as highly potent catalysts for photocatalytic water
decontamination due to their potential to capture solar energy and drive catalytic reaction …

Semiconductor-based photocatalysts for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting: will we stop with photocorrosion?

S Chen, D Huang, P Xu, W Xue, L Lei… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The status of photocatalytic (PC)/photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting as a promising
approach to solar-to-chemical energy conversion has increased significantly over the past …

Imaging photogenerated charge carriers on surfaces and interfaces of photocatalysts with surface photovoltage microscopy

R Chen, F Fan, T Dittrich, C Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding photogenerated charge separation on the nano-to micrometer scale is the
key to optimizing the photocatalytic solar energy conversion efficiency. In the past few years …

Polymer photoelectrodes for solar fuel production: progress and challenges

M Thangamuthu, Q Ruan, PO Ohemeng, B Luo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Converting solar energy to fuels has attracted substantial interest over the past decades
because it has the potential to sustainably meet the increasing global energy demand …

Unraveling charge‐separation mechanisms in photocatalyst particles by spatially resolved surface photovoltage techniques

R Chen, F Fan, C Li - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic conversion of solar energy offers a potential route to renewable energy,
and its efficiency relies on effective charge separation in nanostructured photocatalysts …

Synthesis, properties, and optoelectronic applications of two-dimensional MoS 2 and MoS 2-based heterostructures

H Wang, C Li, P Fang, Z Zhang, JZ Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
As a two-dimensional (2D) material, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) exhibits unique
electronic and optical properties useful for a variety of optoelectronic applications including …

Time-resolved spectroscopic investigation of charge trapping in carbon nitrides photocatalysts for hydrogen generation

R Godin, Y Wang, MA Zwijnenburg… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a benchmark polymer photocatalyst is attracting significant
research interest because of its visible light photocatalytic performance combined with good …