文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Inorganic Photocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting

作者：Xing, Jun[1];Fang, Wen Qi[1];Zhao, Hui Jun[2];Yang, Hua Gui[1]

机构：[1]E China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Key Lab Ultrafine Mat, Minist Educ, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]Griffith Univ, Ctr Clean Environm & Energy, Griffith, Qld 4222, Australia

年份：2012

卷号：7

期号：4

起止页码：642

外文期刊名：CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL

收录：;EI(收录号：20121514932812);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000302159900001)】；

基金：This work was financially supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of East China University of Science and Technology (YD0142125), the Pujiang Talents Programme and the Major Basic Research Programme of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (09J1402800, 10JC1403200), the Shuguang Talents Programme of Education Commission of Shanghai Municipality (09SG27), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20973059, 91022023, 21076076), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WJ0913001), by the Programme for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, and by the Programme for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-09-0347).

语种：英文

外文关键词：hydrogen; oxygen; photocatalysis; solar energy; water splitting

摘要：Photocatalytic water splitting using semiconductor photocatalysts has been considered as a green process for converting solar energy into hydrogen. The pioneering work on electrochemical photolysis of water at TiO2 electrode, reported by Fujishima and Honda in 1972, ushered in the area of solar fuel. As the real ultimate solution for solar fuel-generation, overall water splitting has attracted interest from researchers for some time, and a variety of inorganic photocatalysts have been developed to meet the challenge of this dream reaction. To date, high-efficiency hydrogen production from pure water without the assistance of sacrificial reagents remains an open challenge. In this Focus Review, we aim to provide a whole picture of overall water splitting and give an outlook for future research.