Formation, detection, and function of oxygen vacancy in metal oxides for solar energy conversion

Z Wang, R Lin, Y Huo, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen vacancy (VO) is one of the most common defects in metal oxides (MOs), which
endow the MOs with many unique physiochemical properties. Even though VO engineering …

Vacancy defect engineering of BiVO 4 photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

S Wang, X Wang, B Liu, Z Guo, KK Ostrikov, L Wang… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has been regarded as a promising technology
for sustainable hydrogen production. The development of efficient photoelectrode materials …

An Overview of Solar-Driven Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion to Chemical Fuels

B Tang, FX Xiao - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
With accelerating consumption of nonrenewable energy resource, mankind is currently
facing the dilemma of energy crisis and global warming caused by excessive greenhouse …

Achieving superior electrocatalytic performance by surface copper vacancy defects during electrochemical etching process

N Guo, H Xue, A Bao, Z Wang, J Sun… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vacancy defects of catalysts have been extensively studied and proven to be beneficial to
various electrocatalytic reactions. Herein, an ultra‐stable three‐dimensional PtCu nanowire …

Rational design of metal oxide‐based heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems

C Xia, H Wang, JK Kim, J Wang - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven photo‐to‐chemical conversion is an interesting approach for energy harvesting
and storage with high sustainability. To achieve high photo‐to‐chemical conversion …

Photochemical systems for solar-to-fuel production

Y Liu, F Wang, Z Jiao, S Bai, H Qiu, L Guo - Electrochemical Energy …, 2022 - Springer
The photochemical system, which utilizes only solar energy and H2O/CO2 to produce
hydrogen/carbon-based fuels, is considered a promising approach to reduce CO2 …

Defective NiO as a stabilizer for Au single-atom catalysts

C Mochizuki, Y Inomata, S Yasumura, M Lin… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts show outstanding catalytic activity owing to their different electronic
and structural properties from those of nanoparticulate catalysts. For Au single-atom …

Recent advances in surface regulation and engineering strategies of photoelectrodes toward enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

R Tan, A Sivanantham, BJ Rani, YJ Jeong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Key parameters for efficient and stable photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting include
light absorption, charge transport, surface reaction (charge transfer), and photocorrosion …

Development of a Mechanically Flexible 2D-MXene Membrane Cathode for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to N2: Mechanisms and Implications

Y Li, J Ma, TD Waite, MR Hoffmann… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The contamination of water resources by nitrate is a major problem. Herein, we report a
mechanically flexible 2D-MXene (Ti3C2T x) membrane with multilayered nanofluidic …

Defect engineering in photocatalysts and photoelectrodes: From small to big

Z Wang, M Xiao, J You, G Liu… - Accounts of Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Green hydrogen as a clean energy carrier plays a critical role in tackling climate
change. Solar-driven water splitting is regarded as one of the most promising strategies for …