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Light-to-Chemical Energy Conversion in Lamellar Solids and Thin Films
Hoertz, P.G. and Mallouk, T.E. (2005). Light-to-chemical energy conversion in lamellar
solids and thin films. Inorganic Chemistry, 44 (20):6828-6840. Special Issue: Forum on
Solar and Renewable Energy.
This article was featured as one of eight reviews in a special issue of Inorganic Chemistry
focusing on solar energy and renewable energy. The issue highlighted review articles
from various leaders in the field of molecular-based photovoltaics and artificial
photosynthesis.
The article is an overview of research from the laboratory of Thomas E. Mallouk
Paul Hoertz
involving various approaches to the conversion of light energy into chemical energy. In
photon-to-fuel solar energy conversion, sunlight is used to drive endothermic small-molecule reactions to
produce high-energy solar fuels (e.g., photoconversion of renewable, abundant water into hydrogen and
oxygen).
Photocatalytic water splitting by visible light is one of the most difficult and persistent challenges in chemistry.
The Forum Article reviews progress in the field, focusing on efforts made by the Mallouk laboratory to control
electron- and energy-transfer reactions, and catalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution, in lamellar solids and thin
films. Particularly relevant is the integration of visible-light chromophores and proton reduction catalysts into
lamellar semiconductor particles to allow for the production of hydrogen with visible light in the presence of a
non-sacrificial electron donor. Also of importance is the preparation and evaluation of iridium dioxide
nanoparticles for incorporation as water oxidation catalysts in designed microheterogeneous solar fuel
generating systems.
Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic050779j?prevSearch=Paul%2BHoertz&searchHistoryKey
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