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Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of more than 9% in photocatalytic water splitting

Nature (London), 2023-01, Vol.613 (7942), p.66-70 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Jan 5, 2023 ;ISSN: 0028-0836 ;EISSN: 1476-4687 ;DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05399-1 ;PMID: 36600066

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  • Title:
    Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of more than 9% in photocatalytic water splitting
  • Author: Zhou, Peng ; Navid, Ishtiaque Ahmed ; Ma, Yongjin ; Xiao, Yixin ; Wang, Ping ; Ye, Zhengwei ; Zhou, Baowen ; Sun, Kai ; Mi, Zetian
  • Subjects: Drinking water ; Efficiency ; Electrolytes ; Gallium ; Heat ; Hydrogen ; Hydrogen fuels ; Hydrogen production ; Indium ; Indium gallium nitrides ; Light ; Natural resources ; Oxygen ; Oxygen recombination ; Photocatalysis ; Recombination ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Seawater ; Silicon wafers ; Solar energy ; Spectrum analysis ; Splitting ; Sunlight ; Synergistic effect ; Water splitting
  • Is Part Of: Nature (London), 2023-01, Vol.613 (7942), p.66-70
  • Description: Production of hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water, two of the most abundant natural resources on Earth, offers one of the most promising pathways for carbon neutrality . Some solar hydrogen production approaches, for example, photoelectrochemical water splitting, often require corrosive electrolyte, limiting their performance stability and environmental sustainability . Alternatively, clean hydrogen can be produced directly from sunlight and water by photocatalytic water splitting . The solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency of photocatalytic water splitting, however, has remained very low. Here we have developed a strategy to achieve a high STH efficiency of 9.2 per cent using pure water, concentrated solar light and an indium gallium nitride photocatalyst. The success of this strategy originates from the synergistic effects of promoting forward hydrogen-oxygen evolution and inhibiting the reverse hydrogen-oxygen recombination by operating at an optimal reaction temperature (about 70 degrees Celsius), which can be directly achieved by harvesting the previously wasted infrared light in sunlight. Moreover, this temperature-dependent strategy also leads to an STH efficiency of about 7 per cent from widely available tap water and sea water and an STH efficiency of 6.2 per cent in a large-scale photocatalytic water-splitting system with a natural solar light capacity of 257 watts. Our study offers a practical approach to produce hydrogen fuel efficiently from natural solar light and water, overcoming the efficiency bottleneck of solar hydrogen production.
  • Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0028-0836
    EISSN: 1476-4687
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05399-1
    PMID: 36600066
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    ProQuest Central
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