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Water Splitting: Poly(1,4‐di(2‐thienyl))benzene Facilitating Complete Light‐Driven Water Splitting under Visible Light at High pH (Adv. Energy Mater. 6/2019)
Author(s) -
Oka Kouki,
Noguchi Kanako,
Suga Takeo,
Nishide Hiroyuki,
WintherJensen Bjorn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201970017
Subject(s) - water splitting , materials science , catalysis , hydrogen , thiophene , photochemistry , benzene , visible spectrum , hydrogen fuel , conjugated system , anode , hydrogen production , polymer , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , photocatalysis , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , electrode , engineering
The production of hydrogen from water by solely using sunlight as energy input has long been pursued as a sustainable fuel source. In article number 1803286 , Hiroyuki Nishide, Bjorn Winther‐Jensen, and co‐workers demonstrate a thiophene‐based conjugated polymer as a combined light harvester and catalyst for water reduction to hydrogen. The high photovoltage obtained facilitates water oxidation on an MnO x anode and thereby complete light‐driven water‐splitting.