The exploitation and utilization of fossil energy has caused serious problems such as environmental pollution and climate change.It is imperative to develop renewable and clean energy sources.Hydrogen energy is recogn...The exploitation and utilization of fossil energy has caused serious problems such as environmental pollution and climate change.It is imperative to develop renewable and clean energy sources.Hydrogen energy is recognized as one of the most superior energy carriers in the world because of its characteristics of high energy density,convenient storage and transportation,and pollution-free energy conversion products.Many energy sources could be converted to hydrogen energy,of which,solar energy is abundant and clean.Therefore,nowadays,the efficient conversion of solar energy to hydrogen energy has become one of the hot topics in the renewable energy area.Photocatalysis based on the principles of Honda-Fujishima effect provides an opportunity to address the above challenge.The recent years have witnessed the rapid growth of photocatalytic hydrogen production from photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis via solar light.展开更多
To solve resource,energy,and environmental issues,development of sustainable clean energy system is strongly required.In recent years,hydrogen has been paid much attention to as a clean energy.Solar hydrogen productio...To solve resource,energy,and environmental issues,development of sustainable clean energy system is strongly required.In recent years,hydrogen has been paid much attention to as a clean energy.Solar hydrogen production by water splitting using a photocatalyst as artificial photosynthesis is a promising method to solve these issues.Efficient utilization of visible light comprised of solar light is essential for practical use.Three strategies,i.e.,doping,control of valence band,and formation of solid solution are often utilized as the useful methods to develop visible light responsive photocatalysts.This minireview introduces the recent work on visible-light-driven photocatalysts developed by substitution with metal cations of those strategies.展开更多
文摘The exploitation and utilization of fossil energy has caused serious problems such as environmental pollution and climate change.It is imperative to develop renewable and clean energy sources.Hydrogen energy is recognized as one of the most superior energy carriers in the world because of its characteristics of high energy density,convenient storage and transportation,and pollution-free energy conversion products.Many energy sources could be converted to hydrogen energy,of which,solar energy is abundant and clean.Therefore,nowadays,the efficient conversion of solar energy to hydrogen energy has become one of the hot topics in the renewable energy area.Photocatalysis based on the principles of Honda-Fujishima effect provides an opportunity to address the above challenge.The recent years have witnessed the rapid growth of photocatalytic hydrogen production from photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis via solar light.
基金This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI(Grant Nos.17H06433 and 17H06440)in Scientific Research on Innovative Areas“Innovations for Light-Energy Conversion(I4 LEC),”17H01217,and 20K15383.
文摘To solve resource,energy,and environmental issues,development of sustainable clean energy system is strongly required.In recent years,hydrogen has been paid much attention to as a clean energy.Solar hydrogen production by water splitting using a photocatalyst as artificial photosynthesis is a promising method to solve these issues.Efficient utilization of visible light comprised of solar light is essential for practical use.Three strategies,i.e.,doping,control of valence band,and formation of solid solution are often utilized as the useful methods to develop visible light responsive photocatalysts.This minireview introduces the recent work on visible-light-driven photocatalysts developed by substitution with metal cations of those strategies.
