Toward a fundamental understanding of factors affecting the function of cocatalysts in photocatalytic water splitting

Yubin Chen; Xiaoyang Feng; Xu Guo; Wenyu Zheng

doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2019.01.002

Toward a fundamental understanding of factors affecting the function of cocatalysts in photocatalytic water splitting

Yubin Chen
, Xiaoyang Feng
, Xu Guo
, Wenyu Zheng

School of Energy and Power Engineering

Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Although numerous cocatalysts in photocatalytic water splitting have been studied, the fundamental understanding of factors affecting the function of cocatalysts is limited. This brief review summarizes the progress of cocatalysts in the last 3 years. The effects of intrinsic characters of cocatalysts including morphology, crystallization, and composition are first examined. The influence of interfacial coupling of cocatalysts with host photocatalysts, such as cocatalyst location, built-in electric field, and contact manner, is subsequently discussed. To confirm the active species of cocatalysts, some in situ/operando characterization techniques are finally introduced. It is expected that this brief review would provide useful information to design efficient cocatalysts for photocatalytic water splitting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-28
Number of pages	8
Journal	Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2019.01.002
State	Published - Jun 2019

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