Bioinspired molecular co-catalysts bonded to a silicon photocathode for solar hydrogen evolution

Authors:

Yidong Hou, Billie L. Abrams, Peter C. K. Vesborg, Mårten E. Björketun, Konrad Herbst, Lone Bech, Alessandro M. Setti, Christian D. Damsgaard, Thomas Pedersen, Ole Hansen, Jan Rossmeisl, Søren Dahl, Jens K. Nørskov, Ib Chorkendorff

Year of publication:

2011

Journal:

Nature materials

DOI:

10.1038/nmat3008

The production of fuels from sunlight represents one of the main challenges in the development of a sustainable energy system 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Hydrogen is the simplest fuel to produce and although platinum and other noble metals are efficient catalysts for ...

Research Areas:

System scaling relations, Photocatalysis, Theoretical method development, Artificial photosynthesis, Descriptors, Experiment

Funding sources:

SUNCAT, DASTI

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