Photofuel cell comprising titanium oxide and bismuth oxychloride (BiO1−xCl1−y) photocatalysts that uses acidic water as a fuel-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Photofuel cell comprising titanium oxide and bismuth oxychloride (BiO1−xCl1−y) photocatalysts that uses acidic water as a fuel

Published:2015 Issue:16 Volume:3 Page:8389-8404
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Fujishima Yukiko¹²³⁴⁵,Okamoto Seiji¹²³⁴⁵,Yoshiba Mao¹²³⁴⁵,Itoi Takaomi⁶⁷³⁴⁵,Kawamura Shogo¹²³⁴⁵,Yoshida Yusuke¹²³⁴⁵,Ogura Yuta¹²³⁴⁵,Izumi Yasuo¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry

2. Graduate School of Science

3. Chiba University

4. Chiba 263-8522

5. Japan

6. Department of Mechanical Engineering

7. Graduate School of Engineering

Abstract

The combination of n-type TiO₂ and p-type BiOCl photooxidizing water and photoreducing the formed O₂ back to water, respectively, in acidic solution enabled a sustainable photofuel cell utilizing natural light.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/TA/C4TA06824F

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