Noble-metal-free multicomponent nanointegration for sustainable energy conversion

H Lu, J Tournet, K Dastafkan, Y Liu, YH Ng… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Global energy and environmental crises are among the most pressing challenges facing
humankind. To overcome these challenges, recent years have seen an upsurge of interest …

Tandem cells for unbiased photoelectrochemical water splitting

B Liu, S Wang, G Zhang, Z Gong, B Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is an essential energy carrier which will address the challenges posed by the
energy crisis and climate change. Photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC) is an important …

Toward practical solar hydrogen production–an artificial photosynthetic leaf-to-farm challenge

JH Kim, D Hansora, P Sharma, JW Jang… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar water splitting is a promising approach to transform sunlight into renewable,
sustainable and green hydrogen energy. There are three representative ways of …

Recent progress in interface engineering of nanostructures for photoelectrochemical energy harvesting applications

Y Zi, Y Hu, J Pu, M Wang, W Huang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid and continuous consumption of nonrenewable energy, solar energy can be
utilized to meet the energy requirement and mitigate environmental issues in the future. To …

Direct Z-scheme g-C3N4/WO3 photocatalyst with atomically defined junction for H2 production

W Yu, J Chen, T Shang, L Chen, L Gu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mimicking the natural photosynthesis, artificial Z-scheme photocatalysis enables more
efficient utilization of solar energy for sustainable chemical fuel production. Herein, a direct Z …

Photoelectrocatalytic materials for solar water splitting

T Yao, X An, H Han, JQ Chen… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrocatalytic water splitting offers a promising approach to convert sunlight into
sustainable hydrogen energy. A thorough understanding of the relationships between the …

Research opportunities to advance solar energy utilization

NS Lewis - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Despite providing a relatively small percentage of total global energy
supply, solar energy systems generally receive enthusiastic support from technologists …

Progress in developing metal oxide nanomaterials for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Y Yang, S Niu, D Han, T Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting represents an environmentally friendly and
sustainable method to obtain hydrogen fuel. Semiconductor materials as the central …

A comparative technoeconomic analysis of renewable hydrogen production using solar energy

MR Shaner, HA Atwater, NS Lewis… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A technoeconomic analysis of photoelectrochemical (PEC) and photovoltaic-electrolytic (PV-
E) solar-hydrogen production of 10 000 kg H2 day− 1 (3.65 kilotons per year) was performed …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting: a road from stable metal oxides to protected thin film solar cells

C Ros, T Andreu, JR Morante - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has attracted great attention during past decades
thanks to the possibility to reduce the production costs of hydrogen or other solar fuels, by …