Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting - materials and challenges

	Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting - materials and challenges
	Jiang, Chaoran 1,2; Moniz, Savio J. A.2; Wang, Aiqin 1; Zhang, Tao 1; Tang, Junwang 2
刊名	CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS
	2017-08-07
卷号	46 期号:15 页码:4645-4660
英文摘要	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 semiconductor properties and charge transfer processes in a PEC device. We then describe various configurations of PEC devices, including single light-absorber cells and multi light-absorber devices (PEC, PV-PEC and PV/electrolyser tandem cell). Recent progress on both photoelectrode materials (light absorbers) and electrocatalysts is summarized, and important factors which dominate photoelectrode performance, including light absorption, charge separation and transport, surface chemical reaction rate and the stability of the photoanode, are discussed. Controlling semiconductor properties is the primary concern in developing materials for solar water splitting. Accordingly, strategies to address the challenges for materials development in this area, such as the adoption of smart architectures, innovative device configuration design, co-catalyst loading, and surface protection layer deposition, are outlined throughout the text, to deliver a highly efficient and stable PEC device for water splitting.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
类目[WOS]	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
研究领域[WOS]	Chemistry
关键词[WOS]	OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION ; HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION ; EVOLVING CATALYST ; NANOWIRE ARRAYS ; CO-PI ; PHOTOANODES ; OXIDATION ; EFFICIENT ; HEMATITE ; FILMS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000406613800012
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://cas-ir.dicp.ac.cn/handle/321008/149823]
专题	大连化学物理研究所_中国科学院大连化学物理研究所
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Dalian Inst Chem Phys, State Key Lab Catalysis, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China 2.UCL, Dept Chem Engn, Torrington Pl, London WC1E 7JE, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiang, Chaoran,Moniz, Savio J. A.,Wang, Aiqin,et al. Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting - materials and challenges[J]. CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS,2017,46(15):4645-4660.
APA	Jiang, Chaoran,Moniz, Savio J. A.,Wang, Aiqin,Zhang, Tao,&Tang, Junwang.(2017).Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting - materials and challenges.CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS,46(15),4645-4660.
MLA	Jiang, Chaoran,et al."Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting - materials and challenges".CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS 46.15(2017):4645-4660.