Enzyme-Photo-coupled Catalytic System (EPCS) integrates the light absorption capacity of photocatalysts and high activity/specificity enzymes, which is becoming an emerging technology platform to mimic natural photosynthesis for harnessing solar energy generate valuable products, including bulk chemicals, chemicals pharmaceutical chemicals. Cofactors NAD(P)+/NAD(P)H, as “energy currency”, are i...

The current research status of BiVO4-constituted photo(electro)catalytic systems for solar overall water splitting (OWS) is reviewed in this paper. Herein, effective charge carrier utilization illustrated as the mainline, which separation, transfer and surface catalytic reaction are detailly summarized towards construction efficient OWS systems. More information can be found Review article by S...

Mesoporous silica, specifically SBA-15, acid-treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes and a hybrid nanocomposite of SBA-15 coated onto the sidewalls acid-treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were prepared and used as supports for anatase TiO2. Sol-gel methods were adapted for the synthesis of selected supports and for coating the materials with selected wt% loading of titania. Physical and...

CO2 conversion into high-value-added products is becoming increasingly attractive to find substitutes for fossil-based ones and tackle the environmental crisis. Herein, a noble, simple, reproducible, scalable Cu2O-SnO2 photo-electrocatalyst was synthesized characterized. Coupling cuprous oxide with tin allowed protecting unstable Cu+1 species from photo-corrosion. Evidence of SnO2 stabilization...

We adapt the computational hydrogen electrode approach to explicitly account for photo-generated charges and use it to computationally screen for viable catalyst/co-catalyst combinations for photo-catalytic water splitting. The hole energy necessary to thermodynamically drive the reaction is employed as descriptor for the screening process. Using this protocol and hybrid-level density-functiona...