Recent progress and strategies for enhancing photocatalytic water splitting by Li, Y, Tsang, SCE

“…Solar light-driven water splitting provides a promising way to store and use abundant solar energy in the form of gaseous hydrogen which is the cleanest chemical fuel for mankind; therefore this field has been attracting increasing attention over the past decades. …”

Photocatalytic water splitting by utilising oxide semiconductor materials by Lai, H, Hung-Chun Lai

“…This thesis reports the study of metal oxide semiconductors for the application of photoelectrochemical water splitting with a particular emphasis on both anion and cation-doped zinc oxides. …”

2D photocatalysts with tuneable supports for enhanced photocatalytic water splitting by Li, Y, Wu, S, Zheng, J, Peng, Y-K, Prabhakaran, D, Taylor, R, Tsang, S

“…Sustainable hydrogen production is attracting increasing attention and visible-light-driven water splitting is considered as one of the most promising approaches for hydrogen evolution and solar energy storage. …”

In2Se3-based two-dimensional photocatalysts for water-splitting by Wong, CCY

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High-performance Rh2P electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting by Duan, H, Li, D, Tang, Y, He, Y, Ji, S, Wang, R, Lv, H, Lopes, PP, Paulikas, AP, Li, H, Mao, SX, Wang, C, Markovic, NM, Li, J, Stamenkovic, VR, Li, Y

“…The search for active, stable, and cost-efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production via water splitting could make a substantial impact on energy technologies that do not rely on fossil fuels. …”

Control of electrons' spin eliminates hydrogen peroxide formation during water splitting by Mtangi, W, Tassinari, F, Vankayala, K, Vargas Jentzsch, A, Adelizzi, B, Palmans, A, Fontanesi, C, Meijer, E, Naaman, R

“…The production of hydrogen through water splitting in a photoelectrochemical cell suffers from an overpotential that limits the efficiencies. …”

The use of products from CO2 photoreduction for improvement of hydrogen evolution in water splitting by Yang, X, Xiao, T, Edwards, P

Development of novel photocatalytic overall water splitting systems at elevated temperatures for efficient hydrogen evolution by Li, Y

“…With the strong international incentives to decarbonise our fuels and chemicals, the solar-light-driven photocatalytic overall water splitting (POWS) reaction provides a promising and renewable way to store and utilise the abundant solar energy in the form of hydrogen which is the cleanest chemical fuel for mankind. …”

Local magnetic spin mismatch promoting photocatalytic overall water splitting with exceptional solar-to-hydrogen efficiency by Li, Y, Wang, Z, Wang, Y, Foo, C, Taylor, R, Tsang, SCE, Et al.

“…<p>The photocatalytic overall water splitting (POWS) reaction using particulate catalysts is considered as an ideal approach for capturing solar energy and storing it in the form of hydrogen, however, current POWS systems are hindered by the slow separation but fast recombination of the photo-generated charge carriers, hence giving unsatisfactory performances. …”

Surface properties of lead-free halide double perovskites: Possible visible-light photo-catalysts for water splitting by Volonakis, Y, Giustino, F

“…We find that the double perovskites Cs2BiAgCl6 and Cs2BiAgBr6 are potentially promising materials for photo-catalytic water splitting, while Cs2InAgCl6 and Cs2SbAgCl6 would require controlling their surface termination to obtain energy levels appropriate for water splitting. …”

Photocatalytic water splitting by N-TiO2 on MgO(111) with exceptional quantum efficiencies at elevated temperature by Li, Y, Peng, Y, Hu, L, Zheng, J, Prabhakaran, D, Wu, S, Puchtler, T, Li, M, Wong, K, Taylor, R, Tsang, S

“…Photocatalytic water splitting is attracting enormous interest for the storage of solar energy but no practical method has yet been identified. …”

Atomic-precision tailoring of Au–Ag core–shell composite nanoparticles for direct electrochemical-plasmonic hydrogen evolution in water splitting by Mo, J, Barbosa, ECM, Wu, S, Li, Y, Sun, Y, Xiang, W, Li, T, Pu, S, Robertson, A, Wu, TS, Soo, YL, Alves, TV, Camargo, PHC, Kuo, W, Tsang, SCE

Single-molecule vibrational spectroscopy of H2O on anatase TiO2 (101) by Dette, C, Pérez-Osorio, M, Mangel, S, Giustino, F, Jung, S, Kern, K

“…Atomic level understanding of water on titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), in particular the mineral form anatase, is exceptionally important, considering its practical applications including photocatalytic water-splitting, photoinduced hydrophilicity, and water purification.1-3 Although much effort has been devoted to the study of water adsorption and dissociation on anatase, investigating the fundamental steps of single water splitting remains challenging. …”

Transition metal atom–doped monolayer MoS2 in a proton-exchange membrane electrolyzer by Mo, J, Wu, S, Lau, THM, Kato, R, Suenaga, K, Wu, TS, Soo, YL, Foord, JS, Tsang, SCE

“…There has been a substantial research effort worldwide to develop non-noble metal catalysts for H2 production from water splitting using renewable energy sources, but most data were evaluated by voltammetry in laboratories. …”

Photocatalytic hydrogen production over layered materials by Jia, T

“…<p>The technology of semiconductor-based photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen using solar energy has been considered as one of the most important approaches to solve the world energy crisis. …”

Efficient electrocatalytic CO2 fixation by nanoconfined enzymes via a C3-to-C4 reaction that is favored over H2 production by Morello, G, Siritanaratkul, B, Megarity, C, Armstrong, F

“…The resulting reversible electrocatalysis is exploited to construct a solar CO2 reduction/water splitting device producing O2 and C4 with high faradaic efficiency. …”

Study of the photodeposition of noble metals on BioCl for the photocatalytic decomposition of rhodamine B by Kong, L, Jiang, Z, Lai, H, Nicholls, R, Xiao, T, Edwards, P

“…Efforts have been made to discover semiconductor photocatalysts for the efficient utilization of solar energy in photocatalytic water splitting, CO 2 reduction, and environment cleanup. …”

Layered-double-hydroxide nanosheets as efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for dinitrogen fixation by Zhao, Y, Zhao, Y, Waterhouse, G, Zheng, L, Cao, X, Teng, F, Wu, L, Tung, C, O'Hare, D, Zhang, T

“…Semiconductor photocatalysis attracts widespread interest in water splitting, CO2 reduction, and N2 fixation. N2 reduction to NH3 is essential to the chemical industry and to the Earth's nitrogen cycle. …”

Carbon nitride based materials for heterogeneous photocatalysis by Khan, MA

“…These features were demonstrated by employing the materials in heterogeneous photocatalysis for water splitting, organic pollutant decomposition and photochemical organic synthesis.…”

Characterisation of oxygen defects and nitrogen impurities in TiO2 photocatalysts using variable-temperature X-ray powder diffraction by Foo, C, Li, Y, Lebedev, K, Chen, T, Day, S, Tang, C, Tsang, SCE

“…TiO2-based powder materials have been widely studied as efficient photocatalysts for water splitting due to their low cost, photo-responsivity, earthly abundance, chemical and thermal stability, etc. …”