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Cover Feature: Role of Cocatalysts on Hematite Photoanodes in Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting: Challenges and Future Perspectives (ChemCatChem 12/2020)
Author(s) -
Bedin Karen C.,
Muche Dereck N. F.,
Melo Mauricio A.,
Freitas Andre L. M.,
Gonçalves Renato V.,
Souza Flavio L.
Publication year - 2020
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.202000513
Subject(s) - hematite , cover (algebra) , water splitting , kinetics , nanotechnology , materials science , hydrogen , chemical engineering , chemistry , catalysis , photocatalysis , engineering , physics , metallurgy , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
The Cover Feature illustrates the surface engineering of hematite‐based photoanodes by cocatalyst incorporation for solar‐to‐hydrogen conversion applications. Nowadays, the challenges faced on the state‐of‐the‐art are associated to simultaneous manipulation of the charge transport and surface kinetics on hematite photoanodes. In their Minireview, F. L. Souza and co‐workers discuss recent successful noble‐free materials such as FeNi‐based cocatalysts to overcome the slow kinetics on designed photoanodes. Moreover, they provide new insights on the manipulation of complex parameters that govern the overall hematite performance to achieve highly solar to hydrogen conversion rates. More information can be found in the Minireview by F. L. Souza and co‐workers.