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Water‐Splitting Catalysis and Solar Fuel Devices: Artificial Leaves on the Move
Author(s) -
Joya Khurram Saleem,
Joya Yasir F.,
Ocakoglu Kasim,
van de Krol Roel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201300136
Subject(s) - artificial photosynthesis , renewable energy , water splitting , solar fuel , solar energy , renewable fuels , process engineering , clean energy , environmental science , hydrogen , energy carrier , hydrogen fuel , fuel cells , catalysis , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , photocatalysis , environmental engineering , engineering , electrical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The development of new energy materials that can be utilized to make renewable and clean fuels from abundant and easily accessible resources is among the most challenging and demanding tasks in science today. Solar‐powered catalytic water‐splitting processes can be exploited as a source of electrons and protons to make clean renewable fuels, such as hydrogen, and in the sequestration of CO 2 and its conversion into low‐carbon energy carriers. Recently, there have been tremendous efforts to build up a stand‐alone solar‐to‐fuel conversion device, the “artificial leaf”, using light and water as raw materials. An overview of the recent progress in electrochemical and photo‐electrocatalytic water splitting devices is presented, using both molecular water oxidation complexes (WOCs) and nano‐structured assemblies to develop an artificial photosynthetic system.