Role of Alkali Metal in BiVO4 Crystal Structure for Enhancing Charge Separation and Diffusion Length for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (47) ◽  
pp. 52808-52818
Author(s):  
Umesh Prasad ◽  
Jyoti Prakash ◽  
Xuan Shi ◽  
Sandeep K. Sharma ◽  
Xihong Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Diffusion Length ◽  
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting ◽  
And Diffusion

scholarly journals Spotlight on Alkali Metals: The Structural Chemistry of Alkali Metal Thallides

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1013
Author(s):  
Stefanie Gärtner
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Alkali Metals ◽  
Valence Electron ◽  
Oxidation States ◽  
Valence Electron Concentration ◽  
Base Metals ◽  
Charge Balancing

Alkali metal thallides go back to the investigative works of Eduard Zintl about base metals in negative oxidation states. In 1932, he described the crystal structure of NaTl as the first representative for this class of compounds. Since then, a bunch of versatile crystal structures has been reported for thallium as electronegative element in intermetallic solid state compounds. For combinations of thallium with alkali metals as electropositive counterparts, a broad range of different unique structure types has been observed. Interestingly, various thallium substructures at the same or very similar valence electron concentration (VEC) are obtained. This in return emphasizes that the role of the alkali metals on structure formation goes far beyond ancillary filling atoms, which are present only due to charge balancing reasons. In this review, the alkali metals are in focus and the local surroundings of the latter are discussed in terms of their crystallographic sites in the corresponding crystal structures.

scholarly journals Understanding the anatase–rutile phase junction in charge separation and transfer in a TiO2 electrode for photoelectrochemical water splitting

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 6076-6082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ailong Li ◽  
Zhiliang Wang ◽  
Heng Yin ◽  
Shengyang Wang ◽  
Pengli Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Splitting ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Rutile Phase ◽  
Interface Structure ◽  
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting ◽  
Tio2 Electrode ◽  
Phase Alignment ◽  
Efficient Charge

The key to phase junctions for efficient charge separation is to consider both the phase alignment and interface structure.

Assembling γ-graphyne surrounding TiO2 nanotube arrays: An efficient p-n heterojunction for boosting photoelectrochemical water splitting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Qiu ◽  
Chengli He ◽  
Yuxuan Lu ◽  
Qiaodan Li ◽  
Yang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Splitting ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Hydrogen Generation ◽  
Electron Injection ◽  
Tio2 Nanotube Arrays ◽  
Tio2 Nanotube ◽  
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting ◽  
Nanotube Arrays ◽  
Injection Efficiency ◽  
Electron Injection Efficiency

Photoelectrochemical water splitting is an excellent strategy for hydrogen generation, and it is pivotal to develop photoanodes with proficient sunlight harvesting, rapid charge separation, and enhanced electron injection efficiency. In...

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