Bubble engineering on micro-/nanostructured electrodes for water splitting

M Li, P Xie, L Yu, L Luo, X Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bubble behaviors play crucial roles in mass transfer and energy efficiency in gas evolution
reactions. Combining multiscale structures and surface chemical compositions, micro …

Manipulation of droplets and bubbles for thermal applications

X Liang, V Kumar, F Ahmadi, Y Zhu - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–vapor phase change including evaporation, boiling, and condensation is a
ubiquitous process found in power generation, desalination, thermal management, building …

The Secret of Nanoarrays toward Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting: A Vision of Self‐Dynamic Electrolyte

S He, K Wang, B Li, H Du, Z Du, T Wang, S Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoarray electrocatalysts with unique advantage of facilitating gas bubble detachment
have garnered significant interest in gas evolution reactions (GERs). Existing research is …

Photothermally driven decoupling of gas evolution at the solid–liquid interface for boosted photocatalytic hydrogen production

S Zhao, C Zhang, S Wang, K Lu, B Wang, J Huang… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The slow mass transfer, especially the gas evolution process at the solid–liquid interface in
photocatalytic water splitting, restricts the overall efficiency of the hydrogen evolution …

Solar-driven upgrading of biomass by coupled hydrogenation using in situ (photo)electrochemically generated H2

K Obata, M Schwarze, TA Thiel, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
With the increasing pressure to decarbonize our society, green hydrogen has been
identified as a key element in a future fossil fuel-free energy infrastructure. Solar water …

Single bubble dynamics on a TiO2 photoelectrode surface during photoelectrochemical water splitting

T Nie, Z Li, X Luo, Y She, L Liang, Q Xu, L Guo - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The bubble evolution on the photoelectrode surface in photoelectrochemical water splitting
can change the mass transfer of gaseous products and induce additional resistance. In this …

Impact of bubbles on electrochemically active surface area of microtextured gas-evolving electrodes

JR Lake, AM Soto, KK Varanasi - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The adverse effects of electrochemical bubbles on the performance of gas-evolving
electrodes have been extensively studied. However, the ways in which bubbles dynamically …

Effect of electrolyte pH on oxygen bubble behavior in photoelectrochemical water splitting

Q Xu, L Liang, T Nie, Y She, L Tao… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The issue of increased reaction resistance due to bubble growth has always been a major
bottleneck limiting the efficiency improvement of photoelectrochemical water splitting. In this …

How do bubbles affect light absorption in photoelectrodes for solar water splitting?

A Bhanawat, K Zhu, L Pilon - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper aims to systematically investigate the effect of gas bubble formation on the
performance of a horizontal photoelectrode exposed to normally incident light during …

Bubbles: the good, the bad, and the ugly

JK Lee, A Bazylak - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Bubbles are bad news for electrolysis due to undesired overpotentials, though their impact
may be even further reaching than previously understood. In a recent report in Energy & …