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- Title
Strategies for Efficient Charge Separation and Transfer in Artificial Photosynthesis of Solar Fuels.
- Authors
Xu, Yuxing; Li, Ailong; Yao, Tingting; Ma, Changtong; Zhang, XianwEN; Shah, Jafar Hussain; Han, Hongxian
- Abstract
Converting sunlight to solar fuels by artificial photosynthesis is an innovative science and technology for renewable energy. Light harvesting, photogenerated charge separation and transfer (CST), and catalytic reactions are the three primary steps in the processes involved in the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy (SE-CE). Among the processes, CST is the key 'energy pump and delivery' step in determining the overall solar-energy conversion efficiency. Efficient CST is always high priority in designing and assembling artificial photosynthesis systems for solar-fuel production. This Review not only introduces the fundamental strategies for CST but also the combinatory application of these strategies to five types of the most-investigated semiconductor-based artificial photosynthesis systems: particulate, Z-scheme, hybrid, photoelectrochemical, and photovoltaics-assisted systems. We show that artificial photosynthesis systems with high SE-CE efficiency can be rationally designed and constructed through combinatory application of these strategies, setting a promising blueprint for the future of solar fuels.
- Subjects
CHARGE transfer; COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics); ARTIFICIAL photosynthesis; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; FUEL
- Publication
ChemSusChem, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 22, p4277
- ISSN
1864-5631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cssc.201701598