Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting – materials and challenges
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5 more institutions
Abstract
It is widely accepted within the community that to achieve a sustainable society with an energy mix primarily based on solar energy we need an efficient strategy to convert and store sunlight into chemical fuels. A photoelectrochemical (PEC) device would therefore play a key role in offering the possibility of carbon-neutral solar fuel production through artificial photosynthesis. The past five years have seen a surge in the development of promising semiconductor materials. In addition, low-cost earth-abundant co-catalysts are ubiquitous in their employment in water splitting cells due to the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This review commences with a fundamental understanding of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 35.53
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 53
Authors
5- CJChaoran Jiang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Torrington Hospital, Transnational Press London, University College London
- SJSavio J. A. Moniz
Torrington Hospital, Transnational Press London, University College London
- AWAiqin Wang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- TZTao Zhang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis
- JTJunwang TangCorresponding
Torrington Hospital, Transnational Press London, University College London
Topics & keywords
- Water splitting
- Semiconductor
- Nanotechnology
- Materials science
- Solar energy
- Solar fuel
- Chemical energy
- Photoelectrochemical cell