Tunable Photocatalytic Activity of CoFe Prussian Blue Analogue Modified SrTiO Core-Shell Structures for Solar-Driven Water Oxidation.

This study presents a pioneering semiconductor-catalyst core-shell architecture designed to enhance photocatalytic water oxidation activity significantly. This innovative assembly involves the in situ deposition of CoFe Prussian blue analogue (PBA) particles onto SrTiO (STO) and blue SrTiO (bSTO) nanocubes, effectively establishing a robust p-n junction, as demonstrated by Mott-Schottky analysis. Of notable significance, the STO/PB core-shell catalyst displayed remarkable photocatalytic performance, achieving an oxygen evolution rate of 129.

Design of a Nanostructured Interface between NiMo and CuO Derived from Metal-Organic Framework for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solutions.

Hydrogen shows great promise as a carbon-neutral energy carrier that can significantly mitigate global energy challenges, offering a sustainable solution. Exploring catalysts that are highly efficient, cost-effective, and stable for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) holds crucial importance. For this, metal-organic framework (MOF) materials have demonstrated extensive applicability as either a heterogeneous catalyst or catalyst precursor.

Designing In Situ Grown Ternary Oxide/2D Ni-BDC MOF Nanocomposites on Nickel Foam as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting.

The security of future energy, hydrogen, is subject to designing high-performance, stable, and low-cost electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HERs and OERs), for the realization of efficient overall water splitting. Two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) introduce a large family of materials with versatile chemical and structural features for a variety of applications, such as supercapacitors, gas storage, and water splitting. Herein, a series of nanocomposites based on NCM/Ni-BDC@NF (N=Ni, C=Co, M:F=Fe, C=Cu, and Z=Zn, BDC: benzene dicarboxylic acid, NF: nickel foam) were directly developed on NF using a facile yet scalable solvothermal method.

Microwave-Assisted Auto-Combustion Synthesis of Binary/Ternary Co Ni Ferrite for Electrochemical Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution.

Enormous efforts have been dedicated to engineering low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER, respectively). For this, the current contribution reports the successful synthesis of binary/ternary metal ferrites (Co Ni Ferrite; = 0.0, 0.

Tailoring the Morphology of Cost-Effective Vanadium Diboride Through Cobalt Substitution for Highly Efficient Alkaline Water Oxidation.

Design and development of efficient, economical, and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are of key importance for the realization of electrocatalytic water splitting. To date, VB and its derivatives have not been considered as electrocatalysts for water oxidation. Herein, we developed a series of electrocatalysts with a formal composition of VCoB ( = 0, 0.

Electrophoretic deposition and characterization of self-doped SrTiO thin films.

Herein, titanium (Ti) self-doped strontium titanate (SrTiO), so-called blue SrTiO, with a bandgap of 2.6 eV and favorable photocatalytic characteristics was fabricated through a facile and effective method. For electrochemical investigations, the electrophoretic deposition was applied to produce SrTiO thin films on (fluorine-doped tin oxide) FTO conductive substrates.

Metal doped layered MgB nanoparticles as novel electrocatalysts for water splitting.

Growing environmental problems along with the galloping rate of population growth have raised an unprecedented challenge to look for an ever-lasting alternative source of energy for fossil fuels. The eternal quest for sustainable energy production strategies has culminated in the electrocatalytic water splitting process integrated with renewable energy resources. The successful accomplishment of this process is thoroughly subject to competent, earth-abundant, and low-cost electrocatalysts to drive the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), preferably, in the same electrolyte.

Blue TiO nanotube arrays as semimetallic materials with enhanced photoelectrochemical activity towards water splitting.

In the past years there has been a great interest in self-doped TiO nanotubes (blue TiO nanotubes) compared to undoped ones owing to their high carrier density and conductivity. In this study, blue TiO nanotubes are investigated as photoanode materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Blue TiO nanotubes were fabricated with enhanced photoresponse behavior through electrochemical cathodic polarization on undoped and annealed TiO nanotubes.