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Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting

As green and sustainable methods to produce hydrogen energy, photocatalytic and electrochemical water splitting have been widely studied. In order to find efficient photocatalysts and electrocatalysts, materials with various composition, size, and surface/interface are investigated. In recent years,...

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Autores principales: Yang, Baopeng, Luo, Dingzhong, Wu, Shimiao, Zhang, Ning, Ye, Jinhua
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2022.2125827
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author Yang, Baopeng
Luo, Dingzhong
Wu, Shimiao
Zhang, Ning
Ye, Jinhua
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Luo, Dingzhong
Wu, Shimiao
Zhang, Ning
Ye, Jinhua
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description As green and sustainable methods to produce hydrogen energy, photocatalytic and electrochemical water splitting have been widely studied. In order to find efficient photocatalysts and electrocatalysts, materials with various composition, size, and surface/interface are investigated. In recent years, constructing suitable nanoscale hetero-interfaces can not only overcome the disadvantages of the single-phase material, but also possibly provide new functionalities. In this review, we systematically introduce the fundamental understanding and experimental progress in nanoscale hetero-interface engineering to design and fabricate photocatalytic and electrocatalytic materials for water splitting. The basic principles of photo-/electro-catalytic water splitting and the fundamentals of nanoscale hetero-interfaces are briefly introduced. The intrinsic behaviors of nanoscale hetero-interfaces on electrocatalysts and photocatalysts are summarized, which are the electronic structure modulation, space charge separation, charge/electron/mass transfer, support effect, defect effect, and synergistic effect. By highlighting the main characteristics of hetero-interfaces, the main roles of hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting are discussed, including excellent electronic structure, efficient charge separation, lower reaction energy barriers, faster charge/electron/mass transfer, more active sites, higher conductivity, and higher stability on hetero-interfaces. Following above analysis, the developments of electrocatalysts and photocatalysts with hetero-structures are systematically reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-95430842022-10-08 Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting Yang, Baopeng Luo, Dingzhong Wu, Shimiao Zhang, Ning Ye, Jinhua Sci Technol Adv Mater Focus on Advancements of Functional Materials with Nanoarchitectonics as Post-Nanotechnology Concept in Materials Science As green and sustainable methods to produce hydrogen energy, photocatalytic and electrochemical water splitting have been widely studied. In order to find efficient photocatalysts and electrocatalysts, materials with various composition, size, and surface/interface are investigated. In recent years, constructing suitable nanoscale hetero-interfaces can not only overcome the disadvantages of the single-phase material, but also possibly provide new functionalities. In this review, we systematically introduce the fundamental understanding and experimental progress in nanoscale hetero-interface engineering to design and fabricate photocatalytic and electrocatalytic materials for water splitting. The basic principles of photo-/electro-catalytic water splitting and the fundamentals of nanoscale hetero-interfaces are briefly introduced. The intrinsic behaviors of nanoscale hetero-interfaces on electrocatalysts and photocatalysts are summarized, which are the electronic structure modulation, space charge separation, charge/electron/mass transfer, support effect, defect effect, and synergistic effect. By highlighting the main characteristics of hetero-interfaces, the main roles of hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting are discussed, including excellent electronic structure, efficient charge separation, lower reaction energy barriers, faster charge/electron/mass transfer, more active sites, higher conductivity, and higher stability on hetero-interfaces. Following above analysis, the developments of electrocatalysts and photocatalysts with hetero-structures are systematically reviewed. Taylor & Francis 2022-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9543084/ /pubmed/36212680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2022.2125827 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by National Institute for Materials Science in partnership with Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Focus on Advancements of Functional Materials with Nanoarchitectonics as Post-Nanotechnology Concept in Materials Science
Yang, Baopeng
Luo, Dingzhong
Wu, Shimiao
Zhang, Ning
Ye, Jinhua
Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
title Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
title_full Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
title_fullStr Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
title_full_unstemmed Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
title_short Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
title_sort nanoscale hetero-interfaces for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic water splitting
topic Focus on Advancements of Functional Materials with Nanoarchitectonics as Post-Nanotechnology Concept in Materials Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2022.2125827
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