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Inside Cover: Z‐Scheme Photocatalytic Water Splitting on a 2D Heterostructure of Black Phosphorus/Bismuth Vanadate Using Visible Light (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 8/2018)
Author(s) -
Zhu Mingshan,
Sun Zhichao,
Fujitsuka Mamoru,
Majima Tetsuro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201800579
Subject(s) - bismuth vanadate , photocatalysis , water splitting , heterojunction , black phosphorus , visible spectrum , bismuth , vanadate , phosphorus , cover (algebra) , materials science , solar energy conversion , irradiation , solar energy , photochemistry , chemistry , optoelectronics , inorganic chemistry , physics , catalysis , electrical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , nuclear physics , metallurgy
Spontaneous solar‐driven water splitting into H 2 and O 2 , that is, the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy, is being intensively investigated. In their Communication on page 2160 ff., M. Fujitsuka, T. Majima et al. present a new 2D heterostructure of black phosphorus and bismuth vanadate for photocatalytic water splitting without any sacrificial agents under visible‐light irradiation. The Z‐scheme architectural band structures contribute to an effective charge separation.