Roadmap on solar water splitting: Current status and future prospects

Nano Futures

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Chu, Sheng ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Yan, Yanfa ^c   Hamann, Thomas ^d   Shih, Ishiang ^a   Wang, Dunwei ^b   Mi, Zetian ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemistry; Semiconductor; Solar fuels; Tandem system; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN FUELS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR FUELS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; TANDEM SYSTEM; VIABLE SOLUTIONS; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85062796186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23991984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2399-1984/aa88a1     Document Type: Review

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