Hao-Lin Wu

TL;DR: The unique photophysical and structural properties of semiconductor QDs, which enable their versatile applications in solar energy conversion, are analyzed and the challenges and prospects in solar CO2 reduction with QDs in the future are discussed.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that self-assembly is a promising way to improve the sluggish kinetics of the interparticle ET process, which is the key step for advanced H2 photosynthesis.

TL;DR: Morphology engineering of graphene is now shown to modulate the electronic structure of carbon skeleton and endow it with excellent ability of proton reduction, and three-dimensional graphene networks with a high density of sharp edge sites are synthesized.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that molecular CoTCPP catalyst greatly suppresses the hole-electron recombination on the surface of BiVO4 semiconductor, which offers a promising route toward high efficiency, low cost, practical solar fuel generation device.

TL;DR: Fundamental knowledge of PEC systems is introduced to enable readers a better understanding of this field and special emphasis is placed on the research of quantum dot‐sensitized photocathodes, which have shown superiority in both efficiency and durability towards PEC water splitting at the present stage.