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Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Future Challenges

2010; American Chemical Society; Volume: 1; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jz1007966

1948-7185

Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazunari Domen,

TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Water splitting to form hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy in the presence of semiconductor photocatalysts has long been studied as a potential means of clean, large-scale fuel production. In general, overall water splitting can be achieved when a photocatalyst is modified with a suitable cocatalyst. It is therefore important to develop both photocatalysts and cocatalysts. In the past five years, there has been significant progress in water splitting photocatalysis, especially in the development of cocatalysts and related physical and materials chemistry. This work describes the state of the art and future challenges in photocatalytic water splitting, with a focus on the recent progress of our own research.