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 …

Polyoxometalate-based materials for sustainable and clean energy conversion and storage

Y Zhang, J Liu, SL Li, ZM Su, YQ Lan - EnergyChem, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to relieve current energy crisis and the related environment pollutions arising with
fossil fuel, the development and application of sustainable and clean energy, such as solar …

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 …

Hybrid cocatalysts in semiconductor-based photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis

S Zhong, Y Xi, S Wu, Q Liu, L Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis have been recognized as promising strategies to
simultaneously address energy crisis and environmental pollution. Semiconductor-based …

Strategies for semiconductor/electrocatalyst coupling toward solar‐driven water splitting

SM Thalluri, L Bai, C Lv, Z Huang, X Hu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen (H2) has a significant potential to enable the global energy transition from the
current fossil‐dominant system to a clean, sustainable, and low‐carbon energy system …

Bulk embedding of Ti-defected TiO2 nano-heterointerfaces in hematite photoanode for boosted photoelectrochemical water splitting

F Li, J Jian, J Zou, S Wang, Z Zhang, L Jia, M Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The practical application of the most promising α-Fe 2 O 3 photoanode in solar hydrogen
generation is facing an awkward challenge arising from its poor bulk carrier transport …

Modulating Carrier Kinetics in BiVO4 Photoanodes through Molecular Co4O4 Cubane Layers

H Chen, J Li, L Meng, S Bae, R Erni… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the role and immobilization of molecular catalysts on photoelectrodes is
essential to use their full potential for efficient solar fuel generation. Here, a CoII4O4 cubane …

Fabricating a functionalized polyoxometalate with ZIF-8: A composite material for water oxidation in a wide pH range

S Mulkapuri, A Ravi, SK Das - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Designing an efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst is a challenging task
because molecular oxygen is essential to sustain life. Herein, we have synthesized and …

Cobalt polyoxometalate on N-doped carbon layer to boost photoelectrochemical water oxidation of BiVO4

K Fan, H Chen, B He, J Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting can convert solar power into clean energy carrier
of hydrogen, which is a promising strategy to address the global energy crisis and …

Boosting the Performance of BiVO4 Photoanodes by the Simultaneous Introduction of Oxygen Vacancies and Cocatalyst via Photoelectrodeposition

Q Sun, K Ren, L Qi - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising way to convert solar energy into
hydrogen energy, but the efficiency is limited by severe charge recombination especially in …