The constant increase in the amount of energy consumed and environmental problems associated with the use of fossil fuels determine the relevance of the search for alternative and renewable energy sources. One of these is hydrogen gas, which can be produced by sunlight-driven photocatalytic water splitting. The decisive role in the efficiency of the process is played by the properties of the photocatalyst. Oxide materials are widely used as photocatalysts due to their appropriate band structure, high-enough photochemical stability and corrosion resistance. However, the bandgap, crystallinity and the surface morphology of oxide materials are subject to improvement. Apart from the properties of the photocatalyst, the parameters of the process influence the hydrogen-production efficiency. This paper outlines the key ways to improve the characteristics of oxide-semiconductor photocatalysts with the optimum parameters of photocatalytic water splitting.
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