Issue 32, 2013

Recent advances in visible-light-responsive photocatalysts for hydrogen production and solar energy conversion – from semiconducting TiO2 to MOF/PCP photocatalysts

Abstract

The present perspective describes recent advances in visible-light-responsive photocatalysts intended to develop novel and efficient solar energy conversion technologies, including water splitting and photofuel cells. Water splitting is recognized as one of the most promising techniques to convert solar energy as a clean and abundant energy resource into chemical energy in the form of hydrogen. In recent years, increasing concern is directed to not only the development of new photocatalytic materials but also the importance of technologies to produce hydrogen and oxygen separately. Photofuel cells can convert solar energy into electrical energy by decomposing bio-related compounds and livestock waste as fuels. The advances of photocatalysts enabling these solar energy conversion technologies have been going on since the discovery of semiconducting titanium dioxide materials and have extended to organic–inorganic hybrid materials, such as metal–organic frameworks and porous coordination polymers (MOF/PCP).

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in visible-light-responsive photocatalysts for hydrogen production and solar energy conversion – from semiconducting TiO2 to MOF/PCP photocatalysts

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
04 Apr 2013
Accepted
20 May 2013
First published
21 May 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 13243-13253

Recent advances in visible-light-responsive photocatalysts for hydrogen production and solar energy conversion – from semiconducting TiO2 to MOF/PCP photocatalysts

Y. Horiuchi, T. Toyao, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka and M. Anpo, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 13243 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51427G

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