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Considerations for a More Accurate Evaluation Method for Photocatalytic Water Splitting
Author(s) -
Cao Shuang,
Piao Lingyu
Publication year - 2020
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.202009633
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , computer science , field (mathematics) , risk analysis (engineering) , evaluation methods , biochemical engineering , management science , nanotechnology , engineering , business , materials science , reliability engineering , chemistry , mathematics , biochemistry , pure mathematics , catalysis
Over the past decades, various photocatalysts have been developed and great progress has been achieved in the field of solar‐driven photocatalytic water splitting. However, the lack of an accurate and comprehensive evaluation method greatly hinders the meaningful comparison between different systems and becomes a serious impediment for the development of photocatalysts. Although many researchers are aware of this, there has been little work in this area. In this Viewpoint, we first analyze the insufficiencies of the existing evaluation methods and then make preliminary suggestions, aiming to stimulate discussion in the research community and hopefully lead to a widely accepted and authoritative evaluation system to assess photocatalyst performance.