Open-Framework Chalcogenides as Visible-Light Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Water

✍ Scribed by Nanfeng Zheng; Xianhui Bu; Hiep Vu; Pingyun Feng

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 133 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500346

✦ Synopsis

The concern over the limited supply and the environmental effects of fossil fuels has led to increasing efforts directed towards the development of semiconductor photocatalysts for the production of hydrogen from water by using solar energy. [1][2][3][4][5][6] However, despite years of effort in this area of research, there are still many challenges that need to be met before such a photocatalytic process becomes economically feasible. The current limitations include the inadequate conduction-band energy levels for the photoreduction of [*] N.