Chemical Society Reviews, volume 42, issue 6, pages 2294-2320

Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2013-01-01
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor46.2
ISSN03060012, 14604744
General Chemistry
Abstract
The increasing human need for clean and renewable energy has stimulated research in artificial photosynthesis, and in particular water photoelectrolysis as a pathway to hydrogen fuel. Nanostructured devices are widely regarded as an opportunity to improve efficiency and lower costs, but as a detailed analysis shows, they also have considerably disadvantages. This article reviews the current state of research on nanoscale-enhanced photoelectrodes and photocatalysts for the water splitting reaction. The focus is on transition metal oxides with special emphasis of Fe(2)O(3), but nitrides and chalcogenides, and main group element compounds, including carbon nitride and silicon, are also covered. The effects of nanostructuring on carrier generation and collection, multiple exciton generation, and quantum confinement are also discussed, as well as implications of particle size on surface recombination, on the size of space charge layers and on the possibility of controlling nanostructure energetics via potential determining ions. After a summary of electrocatalytic and plasmonic nanostructures, the review concludes with an outlook on the challenges in solar fuel generation with nanoscale inorganic materials.

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Osterloh F. Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting // Chemical Society Reviews. 2013. Vol. 42. No. 6. pp. 2294-2320.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1039/C2CS35266D
UR - https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CS35266D
TI - Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting
T2 - Chemical Society Reviews
AU - Osterloh, Frank
PY - 2013
DA - 2013/01/01 00:00:00
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
SP - 2294-2320
IS - 6
VL - 42
SN - 0306-0012
SN - 1460-4744
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@article{2013_Osterloh,
author = {Frank Osterloh},
title = {Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting},
journal = {Chemical Society Reviews},
year = {2013},
volume = {42},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)},
month = {jan},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CS35266D},
number = {6},
pages = {2294--2320},
doi = {10.1039/C2CS35266D}
}
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Osterloh, Frank. “Inorganic nanostructures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting.” Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 42, no. 6, Jan. 2013, pp. 2294-2320. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CS35266D.
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