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Metal Phosphides as Co‐Catalysts for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting
Author(s) -
Cao Shuang,
Wang ChuanJun,
Fu WenFu,
Chen Yong
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201701450
Subject(s) - water splitting , photocatalysis , catalysis , precious metal , hydrogen production , photocatalytic water splitting , materials science , transition metal , nanotechnology , hydrogen , chemical engineering , chemistry , biochemistry , engineering , organic chemistry
Solar‐to‐hydrogen conversion based on photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting is considered as a promising technology for sustainable hydrogen production. Developing earth‐abundant H 2 ‐production materials with robust activity and stability has become the mainstream in this field. Due to the unique properties and characteristics, transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have been proven to be high performance co‐catalysts to replace some of the classic precious metal materials in photocatalytic water splitting. In this Minireview, we summarize the recent significant progress of TMPs as cocatalysts for water splitting reaction with high activity and stability. Firstly, the characteristic of TMPs is briefly introduced. Then, we mainly discuss the recent research efforts toward their application as photocatalytic co‐catalysts in photocatalytic H 2 ‐production, O 2 ‐evolution and photoelectrochemical water splitting. Finally, the catalytic mechanism, current existing challenges and future working directions for improving the performance of TMPs are proposed.