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 …

Emerging Surface, Bulk, and Interface Engineering Strategies on BiVO4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

MA Gaikwad, UP Suryawanshi, UV Ghorpade, JS Jang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell that collects and stores abundant sunlight to hydrogen
fuel promises a clean and renewable pathway for future energy needs and challenges …

Earth-abundant Cu-based metal oxide photocathodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

C Li, J He, Y Xiao, Y Li, JJ Delaunay - Energy & Environmental Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar-fuel conversion is a promising approach to converting
energy from sunlight into storable chemical fuels. The development of low cost, highly …

Beyond charge balance: counter‐cations in polyoxometalate chemistry

A Misra, K Kozma, C Streb… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polyoxometalates (POMs) are molecular metal‐oxide anions applied in energy conversion
and storage, manipulation of biomolecules, catalysis, as well as materials design and …

Solar-driven liquid multi-carbon fuel production using a standalone perovskite–BiVO4 artificial leaf

M Rahaman, V Andrei, D Wright, E Lam, C Pornrungroj… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The synthesis of high-energy-density liquid fuels from CO2 and H2O powered by sunlight
has the potential to create a circular economy. Despite the progress in producing simple …

Solar panel technologies for light-to-chemical conversion

V Andrei, Q Wang, T Uekert… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The sustainable synthesis of fuels and chemicals is key to attaining a carbon-
neutral economy. This can be achieved by mimicking the light-harvesting and catalytic …

Bias-free solar syngas production by integrating a molecular cobalt catalyst with perovskite–BiVO4 tandems

V Andrei, B Reuillard, E Reisner - Nature Materials, 2020 - nature.com
The photoelectrochemical (PEC) production of syngas from water and CO2 represents an
attractive technology towards a circular carbon economy. However, the high overpotential …

The positive versus negative effects of defect engineering for solar water splitting: a review

Y Huang, L Meng, W Xu, L Li - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although defect design is an essential means of improving the performance of photocatalytic
materials, defect introduction is not always beneficial. Current defect engineering focuses on …

In Situ Synthesis of α-Fe2O3/Fe3O4 Heterojunction Photoanode via Fast Flame Annealing for Enhanced Charge Separation and Water Oxidation

B Lei, D Xu, B Wei, T Xie, C Xiao, W Jin… - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is a promising photoanode material in photoelectrochemical (PEC)
water splitting. To further improve the catalytic activity, a reasonable construction of …

Molecular vanadium oxides for energy conversion and energy storage: current trends and emerging opportunities

M Anjass, GA Lowe, C Streb - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular vanadium oxides, or polyoxovanadates (POVs), have recently emerged as a new
class of molecular energy conversion/storage materials, which combine diverse, chemically …