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The role of cobalt phosphate in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of α-Fe2O3 toward water oxidation.
Monica Barroso,Alexander J. Cowan,Stephanie R. Pendlebury,Michael Grätzel,David R. Klug,James R. Durrant +5 more
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It is proposed that the enhanced photoelectrochemical activity of the composite electrode for water photooxidation results, at least in part, from reduced recombination losses because of the formation of a Schottky-type heterojunction.Abstract:
Transient absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the dynamics of photogenerated charge carriers in α-Fe2O3/CoOx nanocomposite photoelectrodes for water splitting. The addition of cobalt-based electrocatalysts was observed to increase the lifetime of photogenerated holes in the photoelectrode by more than 3 orders of magnitude without the application of electrical bias. We therefore propose that the enhanced photoelectrochemical activity of the composite electrode for water photooxidation results, at least in part, from reduced recombination losses because of the formation of a Schottky-type heterojunction.read more
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Roles of cocatalysts in photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis.
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Visible-light driven heterojunction photocatalysts for water splitting – a critical review
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Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting
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Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting
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Near-complete suppression of surface recombination in solar photoelectrolysis by "Co-Pi" catalyst-modified W:BiVO4.
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Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting
Akihiko Kudo,Yugo Miseki +1 more
TL;DR: This critical review shows the basis of photocatalytic water splitting and experimental points, and surveys heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting into H2 and O2, and H2 or O2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing a sacrificial reagent.
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Solar Water Splitting: Progress Using Hematite (α‐Fe2O3) Photoelectrodes
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Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Future Challenges
Kazuhiko Maeda,Kazunari Domen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art and future challenges in photocatalytic water splitting with a focus on the recent progress of our own research are discussed. But the focus is on the development of cocatalysts and related physical and materials chemistry.
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Inorganic Materials as Catalysts for Photochemical Splitting of Water
TL;DR: A review of the known inorganic catalysts with a focus on structure-activity relationships is given in this article, where the first water splitting system based on TiO2 and Pt was proposed by Fujishima and Honda in 1972.
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New Benchmark for Water Photooxidation by Nanostructured α-Fe2O3 Films
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