Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

[FeFe]-Hydrogenases: maturation and reactivity of enzymatic systems and overview of biomimetic models

JT Kleinhaus, F Wittkamp, S Yadav… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While hydrogen plays an ever-increasing role in modern society, nature has utilized
hydrogen since a very long time as an energy carrier and storage molecule. Among the …

Three-component donor− π–acceptor covalent–organic frameworks for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Z Li, T Deng, S Ma, Z Zhang, G Wu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional covalent–organic frameworks (2D COFs) have recently emerged as great
prospects for their applications as new photocatalytic platforms in solar-to-hydrogen …

Photocorrosion inhibition of semiconductor-based photocatalysts: basic principle, current development, and future perspective

B Weng, MY Qi, C Han, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising strategy for addressing the worldwide
environmental pollution and energy shortage issues. However, unlike TiO2 with good …

Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting

X Li, J Yu, J Low, Y Fang, J Xiao, X Chen - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a growing interest in the conversion of water and solar energy into clean and
renewable H2 fuels using earth-abundant materials due to the depletion of fossil fuel and its …

Steering charge kinetics in photocatalysis: intersection of materials syntheses, characterization techniques and theoretical simulations

S Bai, J Jiang, Q Zhang, Y Xiong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge kinetics is highly critical in determining the quantum efficiency of solar-to-chemical
conversion in photocatalysis, and this includes, but is not limited to, the separation of …

Earth-abundant cocatalysts for semiconductor-based photocatalytic water splitting

J Ran, J Zhang, J Yu, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic water splitting represents a promising strategy for clean, low-cost, and
environmental-friendly production of H2 by utilizing solar energy. There are three crucial …

Semiconductor composites: strategies for enhancing charge carrier separation to improve photocatalytic activity

R Marschall - Advanced Functional Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of semiconductor composites comprising multicomponent or multiphase
heterojunctions is a very effective strategy to design highly active photocatalyst systems …

Roles of cocatalysts in photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis

J Yang, D Wang, H Han, CAN Li - Accounts of chemical research, 2013 - ACS Publications
Since the 1970s, splitting water using solar energy has been a focus of great attention as a
possible means for converting solar energy to chemical energy in the form of clean and …

Electronic processes within quantum dot-molecule complexes

RD Harris, S Bettis Homan, M Kodaimati, C He… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the colloidal quantum dot (QD) and specifically the interaction of
the QD with proximate molecules. It covers various functions of these molecules, including (i) …