TY - JOUR
T1 - Water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells
AU - Xu, Pengtao
AU - McCool, Nicholas S.
AU - Mallouk, Thomas E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Energy Biosciences, Department of Energy, under contracts DE-FG02-07ER15911. N.S.M. thanks the National Science Foundation for support as a graduate fellow under Grant DGE1255832.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Research in artificial photosynthesis is driven by the goal of creating low-cost, integrated systems for the direct conversion of solar energy to high energy density fuels. Water-splitting dye-sensitized solar cells can in principle leverage the successful architecture, spectral tunability, and high quantum efficiency of regenerative photovoltaic dye cells toward this goal. In this article, we review the current development of both dye-sensitized photoanodes and photocathodes for water splitting. A detailed discussion of the individual components of photoanodes and photocathodes – semiconductors, sensitizers, and catalysts – is presented. We review experiments on the electron transfer kinetics that control the efficiency of water splitting, and highlight recent research on electrode architectures that can improve both the efficiency and stability of water-splitting dye cells.
AB - Research in artificial photosynthesis is driven by the goal of creating low-cost, integrated systems for the direct conversion of solar energy to high energy density fuels. Water-splitting dye-sensitized solar cells can in principle leverage the successful architecture, spectral tunability, and high quantum efficiency of regenerative photovoltaic dye cells toward this goal. In this article, we review the current development of both dye-sensitized photoanodes and photocathodes for water splitting. A detailed discussion of the individual components of photoanodes and photocathodes – semiconductors, sensitizers, and catalysts – is presented. We review experiments on the electron transfer kinetics that control the efficiency of water splitting, and highlight recent research on electrode architectures that can improve both the efficiency and stability of water-splitting dye cells.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nantod.2017.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.nantod.2017.04.009
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85019445625
VL - 14
SP - 42
EP - 58
JO - Nano Today
JF - Nano Today
SN - 1748-0132
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