NDLI: Recent advances in hybrid photocatalysts for solar fuel production

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Wong, Lydia H. Tran, Phong D. Barber, James Loo, Joachim S. C.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Converting solar energy into fuel via photo-assisted water splitting to generate hydrogen or drive CO2 reduction is an attractive scientific and technological goal to address the increasing global demand for energy and to reduce the impact of energy production on climate change. Engineering an efficient, low-cost photocatalyst is necessary to achieve this technological goal. A photocatalyst combines a photosensitiser and an electrocatalyst to capture light and accelerate the chemical reactions in the same device. In this perspective paper, we first describe the recent developments of some families of semiconductors that are attractive candidates for engineering photocatalysts. We then discuss the use of semiconductors as light harvesting agents, combined with a bio-catalyst, synthetic bio-mimetic molecular catalyst or synthetic all-inorganic catalyst, in photocatalytic hybrid systems for water splitting and CO2 reduction. To highlight the advantages of semiconductors for engineering efficient and robust photocatalysts, we compare these systems to examples of homogeneous photocatalytic systems constructed from molecular photosensitisers (dyes). We conclude that all-inorganic catalysts coupled to appropriate semiconductors look more promising for the construction of robust photocatalytic hybrid systems for producing solar fuels.
Starting Page	5902
Ending Page	5918
Page Count	17
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	17545692
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	3
Journal	Energy & Environmental Science
DOI	10.1039/c2ee02849b
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Solar energy Water splitting Hydrogen Climate change Photocatalysis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Pollution Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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