Copper oxide-based photocatalysts and photocathodes: Fundamentals and recent advances

Baran, TomaszSajTom Light Future, Wężerów 37/1, 32-090 Wężerów, Poland (författare)

This work aims at reviewing the most impactful results obtained on the development of Cu-based photocathodes. The need of a sustainable exploitation of renewable energy sources and the parallel request of reducing pollutant emissions in airborne streams and in waters call for new technologies based on the use of efficient, abundant, low-toxicity and low-cost materials. Photoelectrochemical devices that adopts abundant element-based photoelectrodes might respond to these requests being an enabling technology for the direct use of sunlight to the production of energy fuels form water electrolysis (H2) and CO2 reduction (to alcohols, light hydrocarbons), as well as for the degradation of pollutants. This review analyses the physical chemical properties of Cu2O (and CuO) and the possible strategies to tune them (doping, lattice strain). Combining Cu with other elements in multinary oxides or in composite photoelectrodes is also discussed in detail. Finally, a short overview on the possible applications of these materials is presented.

Visibile, Alberto,1989Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden(Swepub:cth)visible (författare)
Busch, Michael,1983Aalto-Yliopisto,Aalto University,Department of Chemistry and Material Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland(Swepub:ltu)micbus (författare)
He, XiufangUniversita' degli Studi di Milano,University of Milan,Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy (författare)
Wojtyla, SzymonSajTom Light Future, Wężerów 37/1, 32-090 Wężerów, Poland (författare)
Rondinini, SandraUniversita' degli Studi di Milano,University of Milan,Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy (författare)
Minguzzi, AlessandroUniversita' degli Studi di Milano,University of Milan,Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy (författare)
Vertova, AlbertoUniversita' degli Studi di Milano,University of Milan,Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy (författare)
SajTom Light Future, Wężerów 37/1, 32-090 Wężerów, PolandChalmers tekniska högskola (creator_code:org_t)

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