Together with a former S&T postdoc, now based in Hongkong, Guido Mul and Annemarie Huijser (both Photocatalytic Synthesis [PCS] ) published a review article about Dye-sensitized NiO photocathodes in Chemical Physics Review. Dye-sensitized photocathodes attract wide interest because of their ease of fabrication and tunability in properties for light-driven proton or CO2 reduction.
Design approach of a tandem DSPEC cell and (b) photoinduced processes in the dye-sensitized NiO photocathode component, VB = valence band, and CB = conduction band. Both proton and CO2 reduction proceed via a number of proton-coupled electron transfer steps.
For more information: Dye-sensitized NiO photocathodes: Research progress, current mechanistic understanding, and research perspectives | Chemical Physics Reviews | AIP Publishing.
