Solar fuels recent publications

[PV-EC CO₂ reduction] Selective C–C Coupling in Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction via Efficient Spillover of Intermediates As Supported by Operando Raman Spectroscopy. J. Gao et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019

A bi-functional Cu-Ag catalyst enhances C-C coupling during electrochemical CO₂ reduction via a spillover mechanism as shown by Operando Raman Spectroscopy.
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[EC CO₂ reduction] Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnO on CuO Enables Selective and Efficient Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Liquid Fuels. D. Ren et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019

CuZn bimetallic catalysts, synthesized by in itu electrochemical reduction of ZnO‐shell/CuO‐core bi‐metal‐oxide, showing superb selectivity towards CO₂ reduction to ethanol.
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[PV-EC hydrogen generation] Solar Water Splitting with Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Cell and TiC-Supported Pt Nanocluster Electrocatalyst. J. Gao et al. Joule 2019

Achievement of 18.7% solar-driven water splitting using Pt nanoclusters that are deposited onto TiC substrates by atomic layer deposition.
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[PEC hydrogen generation] Boosting the performance of Cu₂O photocathodes for unassisted solar water splitting devices. L Pan et al. Nat. Catal. 2018

An all-oxide unassisted solar water splitting tandem device using state-of-the-art BiVO₄ as the photoanode, achieving ~3% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency.
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