Natural or artificial photoelectrochemical reactions for generating sustainable fuels from sunlight is essential for environmental remediation. One example is the photoelectrochemical water splitting for the light-driven conversion of water into hydrogen and oxygen. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactivities offer the promise of solar fuel production through artificial photosynthesis, which is focused on the direct conversion of light into fuels using most common semiconducting materials such as oxides and sulphides (ZnO, TiO2, SnO2, WO3, ZnS, MoS2, etc.). Other miscellaneous semiconducting materials and related binary, ternary, and quaternary semiconductors have also attracted great attention due to their advantages of environmental stability and good photoelectrochemical property.
The goal of this Research Topic is to become the reference point for recent advances in the general design principles and specific technical developments in miscellaneous semiconducting materials with enhanced catalytic, photocatalytic and electrochemical performances for water splitting or as photoelectrochemical electrodes for hydrogen and oxygen production.
We welcome contributions from Original Research, Review, Mini-Review, and Perspective articles, on themes including, but not limited to:
• Synthesis and characterization of oxide and sulphide based semiconducting materials, such as ZnO, TiO2, SnO2, WO3, ZnS, MoS2, etc.
• Theoretical and computational study of miscellaneous semiconducting materials.
• Design and application of miscellaneous materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting.
• Studies on working mechanism of binary, ternary, and quaternary based semiconductors for photoelectrochemical water splitting.
Natural or artificial photoelectrochemical reactions for generating sustainable fuels from sunlight is essential for environmental remediation. One example is the photoelectrochemical water splitting for the light-driven conversion of water into hydrogen and oxygen. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactivities offer the promise of solar fuel production through artificial photosynthesis, which is focused on the direct conversion of light into fuels using most common semiconducting materials such as oxides and sulphides (ZnO, TiO2, SnO2, WO3, ZnS, MoS2, etc.). Other miscellaneous semiconducting materials and related binary, ternary, and quaternary semiconductors have also attracted great attention due to their advantages of environmental stability and good photoelectrochemical property.
The goal of this Research Topic is to become the reference point for recent advances in the general design principles and specific technical developments in miscellaneous semiconducting materials with enhanced catalytic, photocatalytic and electrochemical performances for water splitting or as photoelectrochemical electrodes for hydrogen and oxygen production.
We welcome contributions from Original Research, Review, Mini-Review, and Perspective articles, on themes including, but not limited to:
• Synthesis and characterization of oxide and sulphide based semiconducting materials, such as ZnO, TiO2, SnO2, WO3, ZnS, MoS2, etc.
• Theoretical and computational study of miscellaneous semiconducting materials.
• Design and application of miscellaneous materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting.
• Studies on working mechanism of binary, ternary, and quaternary based semiconductors for photoelectrochemical water splitting.