Organic materials as photocatalysts for water splitting

Bai, Yang and Hippalgaonkar, Kedar and Sprick, Reiner Sebastian (2021) Organic materials as photocatalysts for water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (30). pp. 16222-16232. ISSN 2050-7488 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA03710B)

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Abstract

Solar water splitting offers a potential avenue for the production of clean and storable energy in the form of hydrogen. Semiconductors can be used as photocatalysts that enable the simultaneous production of hydrogen and oxygen from water via water splitting and in recent years inorganic semiconductor photocatalysts have been significantly improved in terms of their performance with organic semiconductors emerging as a potential alternative, though mostly studied for sacrificial half-reactions. Herein, we present recent developments in using organic semiconductors as photocatalysts highlighting their potential due to their synthetic tunability. We will particularly focus on their application in overall water splitting without using sacrificial reagents and suggest future directions in using these materials in large scale applications before concluding with suggestions for a wider community to focus research efforts on particular challenges in the field and opportunities that organic materials offer.

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Bai, Yang, Hippalgaonkar, Kedar and Sprick, Reiner Sebastian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5389-2706;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:77345
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    14 August 2021
    Published
    5 July 2021
    Published Online
    25 June 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:10 Aug 2021 11:59
    Last modified:20 Nov 2024 15:46
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/77345
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