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Front Cover: Titanium Vacancies in TiO 2 Nanofibers Enable Highly Efficient Photodriven Seawater Splitting (Chem. Eur. J. 57/2021)
Author(s) -
Zhang YanXiang,
Wu SiMing,
Tian Ge,
Zhao XiaoFang,
Wang LiYing,
Yin YiXia,
Wu Lu,
Li QianNi,
Zhang YueXing,
Wu JinSong,
Janiak Christoph,
Ozoemena Kenneth I.,
Shalom Menny,
Yang XiaoYu
Publication year - 2021
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.202103409
Subject(s) - seawater , materials science , corrosion , semiconductor , water splitting , adsorption , titanium , nanofiber , front cover , charge (physics) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemical physics , cover (algebra) , optoelectronics , chemistry , catalysis , metallurgy , physics , oceanography , photocatalysis , geology , engineering , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Rich Ti vacancies in TiO 2 nanofibers are presented in the Full Paper by X.‐Y. Yang and co‐workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101817). The unidirectional electron trap and directional H + adsorption ability of Ti vacancies enable efficient charge transfer and resistance to the corrosion of seawater. They thus contribute excellent activity and long‐time stability to photodriven seawater splitting, opening a door to marine applications of semiconductors.