Frontiers in Plant Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: July 27, 2022
The
conversion
of
solar
energy
into
electrical
current
by
photosynthetic
organisms
has
the
potential
to
produce
clean
energy.
Life
on
earth
depends
photosynthesis,
major
mechanism
for
biological
light
chemical
Indeed,
billions
years
evolution
and
adaptation
extreme
environmental
habitats
have
resulted
in
highly
efficient
light-harvesting
photochemical
systems
that
can
be
found
almost
every
ecological
habitat
our
world.
In
harnessing
photosynthesis
green
energy,
native
system
is
interfaced
with
electrodes
electron
mediators
yield
bio-photoelectrochemical
cells
(BPECs)
transform
power.
BPECs
utilizing
plants,
seaweeds,
unicellular
microorganisms,
thylakoid
membranes
or
purified
complexes,
been
studied
attempts
construct
non-polluting
electricity
hydrogen
use
as
high
efficiency
production
mostly
unpolluting
processes
make
water
CO
ACS Energy Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
7(3), P. 1043 - 1065
Published: Feb. 26, 2022
Solar
H2
production
is
considered
as
a
potentially
promising
way
to
utilize
solar
energy
and
tackle
climate
change
stemming
from
the
combustion
of
fossil
fuels.
Photocatalytic,
photoelectrochemical,
photovoltaic–electrochemical,
thermochemical,
photothermal
catalytic,
photobiological
technologies
are
most
intensively
studied
routes
for
production.
In
this
Focus
Review,
we
provide
comprehensive
review
these
technologies.
After
brief
introduction
principles
mechanisms
technologies,
recent
achievements
in
summarized,
with
particular
focus
on
high
solar-to-H2
(STH)
conversion
efficiency
achieved
by
each
route.
We
then
comparatively
analyze
evaluate
based
metrics
STH
efficiency,
durability,
economic
viability,
environmental
sustainability,
aiming
assess
commercial
feasibility
compared
current
industrial
processes.
Finally,
challenges
prospects
future
research
presented.
ACS Central Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
7(1), P. 39 - 54
Published: Jan. 12, 2021
Single-atom
photocatalysts
have
demonstrated
an
enormous
potential
in
producing
value-added
chemicals
and/or
fuels
using
sustainable
and
clean
solar
light
to
replace
fossil
causing
global
energy
environmental
issues.
These
not
only
exhibit
outstanding
activities,
selectivity,
stabilities
due
their
distinct
electronic
structures
unsaturated
coordination
centers
but
also
tremendously
reduce
the
consumption
of
catalytic
metals
owing
atomic
dispersion
species.
Besides,
single-atom
active
sites
facilitate
elucidation
reaction
mechanisms
understanding
structure-performance
relationships.
Presently,
apart
from
well-known
reactions
(H2
production,
N2
fixation,
CO2
conversion),
various
novel
are
successfully
catalyzed
by
possessing
high
efficiency,
stability.
In
this
contribution,
we
summarize
discuss
design
fabrication
for
three
different
kinds
emerging
(i.e.,
reduction
reactions,
oxidation
as
well
redox
reactions)
generate
desirable
fuels.
The
relationships
between
composition/structure
activity/selectivity/stability
explained
detail.
Additionally,
insightful
introduced.
Finally,
propose
possible
opportunities
area
brand-new
high-performance
photocatalysts.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
32(35)
Published: June 22, 2022
Abstract
Most
of
the
current
research
on
photocatalytic
mechanism
semiconductors
is
still
simulation
and
evaluation
ground‐state
active
sites.
Insights
into
photogenerated
electron
transition
paths
excited‐state
sites
during
photocatalysis
are
insufficient.
Herein,
combining
femtosecond
time‐resolved
transient
absorption
spectroscopy,
in
situ
Fourier‐transform
infrared
synchronous
illumination
X‐ray
photoelectron
theoretical
calculation
results
rationally
reveal
that
complex
bimetallic
oxyhalides
ultrathin
rich
oxygen
vacancies
(ROV)
PbBiO
2
Cl
(PBOC)
double
unit
cell
(DUC)
layers
facilitate
migration
separation
electrons
from
bulk
to
Bi
near
surface
(OVs),
then
form
excited
electron‐rich
(3–x)+
like
quantum
well
structure.
The
act
as
wells
for
leading
lower
energy
barrier
rate
determining
step
formation
*CO
*COOH
intermediate.
Without
photosensitizers
sacrificial
agents,
ROV
DUC
PBOC
exhibit
high
CO
generation
(16.02
µmol
h
–1
g
)
18
times
higher
than
PBOC.
In
characterization
combined
with
provides
effective
insight
photoexcited
semiconductor
materials.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(24)
Published: March 31, 2022
Integrating
molecular
catalysts
into
designed
frameworks
often
enables
improved
catalysis.
Compared
with
porphyrin-based
frameworks,
metal-corrole-based
have
been
rarely
developed,
although
monomeric
metal
corroles
are
usually
more
efficient
than
porphyrin
counterparts
for
the
electrocatalytic
oxygen
reduction
reaction
(ORR)
and
evolution
(OER).
We
herein
report
on
porous
organic
polymers
(POPs)
as
ORR
OER
electrocatalysts.
M-POPs
(M=Mn,
Fe,
Co,
Cu)
were
synthesized
by
coupling
10-phenyl-5,15-(4-iodophenyl)corrole
tetrakis(4-ethynylphenyl)methane.
corrole
monomers,
displayed
significantly
enhanced
catalytic
activity
stability.
Co-POP
outperformed
other
achieving
four-electron
a
half-wave
potential
of
0.87
V
vs.
RHE
reaching
10
mA
cm-2
current
density
at
340
mV
overpotential.
This
work
is
unparalleled
to
develop
explore
POPs
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(14), P. 6434 - 6441
Published: April 4, 2022
The
biotic–abiotic
photosynthetic
system
integrating
inorganic
light
absorbers
with
whole-cell
biocatalysts
innovates
the
way
for
sustainable
solar-driven
chemical
transformation.
Fundamentally,
electron
transfer
at
interface,
which
may
induce
biological
response
to
photoexcited
stimuli,
plays
an
essential
role
in
solar
energy
conversion.
Herein,
we
selected
electro-active
bacterium
Shewanella
oneidensis
MR-1
as
a
model,
constitutes
hybrid
self-assembled
CdS
semiconductor,
demonstrate
unique
interfacial
behavior.
electrons
from
nanoparticles
can
reverse
extracellular
(EET)
chain
within
S.
MR-1,
realizing
activation
of
bacterial
catalytic
network
illumination.
As
compared
bare
significant
upregulation
hydrogen
yield
(711-fold),
ATP,
and
reducing
equivalent
(NADH/NAD+)
was
achieved
MR-1-CdS
under
visible
light.
This
work
sheds
on
fundamental
mechanism
provides
design
guidelines
systems.
Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(21)
Published: April 7, 2023
Abstract
Biomass,
a
naturally
abundant,
sustainable
and
clean
resource
has
great
potential
as
an
alternative
to
replace
the
limited
fossil
feedstock
for
value‐added
chemicals
fuels.
Biomass
with
abundant
reductive
functional
groups
could
theoretically
act
electron
donor
consume
photogenerated
holes
and/or
active
free
radicals.
photoreforming
over
semiconductor
photocatalysts
using
solar
light
energy
input
attracts
much
attention
in
this
context.
However,
biomass
still
suffers
low
conversion
efficiency
product
selectivity
due
its
structural
complexity,
poor
solubility
unclear
reaction
mechanism.
Owing
advanced
features
of
mass
diffusion
derivatives
adjustable
surface
properties,
hierarchically
porous
desired
sites
at
each
length
scale
porosity
have
shown
their
superiority
boosting
photoreforming.
Herein,
critical
review
is
presented
on
selective
simultaneous
H
2
co‐production
photocatalysts.
The
fundamentals
current
bottleneck
valorization
by
photocatalytic
process
are
analyzed.
rational
photocatalyst
design
structure
improve
transfer
highlighted.
Finally
challenges
opportunities
perspective
ssection.
