Toward Visible Light Response: Overall Water Splitting Using Heterogeneous Photocatalysts

Green ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Takanabe ◽  
Kazunari Domen
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Solar Flux ◽  
Powder Form ◽  
Overall Water Splitting ◽  
Visible Light Response

AbstractExtensive energy conversion of solar energy can only be achieved by large-scale collection of solar flux. The technology that satisfies this requirement must be as simple as possible to reduce capital cost. Overall water splitting by powder-form photocatalysts directly produces a mixture of H

scholarly journals Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting by SrTiO3 with Surface Oxygen Vacancies

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2572
Author(s):  
Yanfei Fan ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Hongyu Cui ◽  
Wen Wang ◽  
Qiaoyan Shang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Vacancies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Surface Oxygen ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Overall Water Splitting

Strontium Titanate has a typical perovskite structure with advantages of low cost and photochemical stability. However, the wide bandgap and rapid recombination of electrons and holes limited its application in photocatalysis. In this work, a SrTiO3 material with surface oxygen vacancies was synthesized via carbon reduction under a high temperature. It was successfully applied for photocatalytic overall water splitting to produce clean hydrogen energy under visible light irradiation without any sacrificial reagent for the first time. The photocatalytic overall water splitting ability of the as-prepared SrTiO3-C950 is attributed to the surface oxygen vacancies that can make suitable energy levels for visible light response, improving the separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated carriers.

Efficient band structure tuning, charge separation, and visible-light response in ZrS2-based van der Waals heterostructures

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 841-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xirui Zhang ◽  
Zhaoshun Meng ◽  
Dewei Rao ◽  
Yunhui Wang ◽  
Qi Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Band Structure ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Van Der Waals ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Van Der Waals Heterostructures ◽  
Visible Light Response

Bilayer ZrS2-based vdW heterostructures are proposed as efficient photocatalysts for water splitting under visible light.

Functionalized ZnO@TiO2nanorod array film loaded with ZnIn0.25Cu0.02S1.395solid-solution: synthesis, characterization and enhanced visible light driven water splitting

Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (25) ◽  
pp. 11082-11092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruosong Wang ◽  
Xiaoxue Xu ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Zhimin Chang ◽  
Zaicheng Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Solution Synthesis ◽  
Visible Light Driven

We have designed a novel semiconductor nanorod film, sensitized with a polymetallic sulfide, for solar energy conversion. Our results verify that it could be conveniently used in micro-nano photoelectronic devices.

Visible light switchable bR/TiO 2 nanostructured photoanodes for bio-inspired solar energy conversion

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (24) ◽  
pp. 18642-18646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naimeh Naseri ◽  
Sajjad Janfaza ◽  
Rowshanak Irani
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion

Bacteriorhodopsin, a visible light sensitizer for the water splitting reaction, adsorbed on TiO 2 nanoparticulate photoanode without any linker and caused a significant PEC enhancement.

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