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Frontispiece: Recent Progress in the Surface Modification of Photoelectrodes toward Efficient and Stable Overall Water Splitting
Author(s) -
Kaneko Hiroyuki,
Minegishi Tsutomu,
Domen Kazunari
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201882262
Subject(s) - water splitting , semiconductor , surface modification , materials science , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , surface (topology) , hydrogen , chemical engineering , chemistry , photocatalysis , catalysis , mathematics , engineering , biochemistry , geometry , organic chemistry
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting using semiconductor photoelectrodes is a promising method to produce hydrogen from water with sunlight. Recent reports have shown that surface modification of semiconductor photoelectrodes for water splitting improves their PEC properties dramatically. A surface‐modified photoelectrode shows enhanced charge separation and durability compared to the bare photoelectrode. In their Minireview on page 5697 ff., K. Domen et al. highlight in detail the functions and materials of recently reported surface modifiers.