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Back Cover: Preparation of Inorganic Photocatalytic Materials for Overall Water Splitting (ChemCatChem 10/2012)
Author(s) -
Takanabe Kazuhiro,
Domen Kazunari
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201290038
Subject(s) - water splitting , photocatalysis , oxygen evolution , materials science , semiconductor , nanometre , electrocatalyst , photocatalytic water splitting , charge carrier , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , chemical engineering , chemistry , optoelectronics , catalysis , electrode , electrochemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering
Water Splitting by Inorganic Photocatalyst Materials The back cover illustrates the crystalline powders that have extended absorption in visible light range (deep red color), being decorated by two different cocatalyst particles for hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution, respectively. The picture shows the different scale of the materials, from a suspension of powders in water (bottom) to a designed cocatalyst with core–shell structure in nanometer‐scale (left). A concept describing the charge separation of the excited charge carriers followed by electrocatalysis for water splitting is also schematically visualized (top‐right). More details can be found in the Minireview on p. 1485 ff. , in which K. Takanabe and K. Domen discuss the‐state‐of‐the‐art photocatalytic overall water splitting, as a solar energy conversion technology. A variety of synthetic techniques to generate the inorganic semiconductor powder materials have been reviewed.