TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanoscale metal oxides-2D materials heterostructures for photoelectrochemical water splitting—a review
AU - Fareza, Ananta R.
AU - Nugroho, Ferry Anggoro Ardy
AU - Abdi, Fatwa F.
AU - Fauzia, Vivi
N1 - Funding Information:
A. R. F. and V. F. acknowledge support from the Direktorat Riset dan Pengembangan Universitas Indonesia under the World Class University Funding No. NKB-500/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2021. F. A. A. N. acknowledges support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101028262.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an interesting approach to harness clean and renewable solar energy to generate green hydrogen. To this end, metal oxides (MOs) have been investigated as photoelectrodes (photoanode and photocathode) due to their tunable optoelectronic properties and abundance, but achieving an efficient overall performance based on single MOs is very challenging due to their narrow visible light absorption, unfavorable band position, low charge mobilities, and limited stability. Heterostructuring MOs with other materials has therefore been proposed in the literature. In this review, we specifically highlight photoelectrodes based on the heterostructure of MOs and an emerging group of 2D materials consisting of mono elemental (Xenes), carbides/nitrides/carbonitrides (MXenes), boron carbon nitride (BCNs), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and bismuth oxyhalides (BiOX). The benefits of the formation of MOs/2D materials heterostructures are outlined, and the state-of-the-art of MOs/2D materials heterostructures as photoelectrodes with various architectures are extensively discussed. Finally, a critical outlook on fundamental challenges and potential future directions in the development of MOs/2D materials heterostructures is presented.
AB - Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an interesting approach to harness clean and renewable solar energy to generate green hydrogen. To this end, metal oxides (MOs) have been investigated as photoelectrodes (photoanode and photocathode) due to their tunable optoelectronic properties and abundance, but achieving an efficient overall performance based on single MOs is very challenging due to their narrow visible light absorption, unfavorable band position, low charge mobilities, and limited stability. Heterostructuring MOs with other materials has therefore been proposed in the literature. In this review, we specifically highlight photoelectrodes based on the heterostructure of MOs and an emerging group of 2D materials consisting of mono elemental (Xenes), carbides/nitrides/carbonitrides (MXenes), boron carbon nitride (BCNs), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and bismuth oxyhalides (BiOX). The benefits of the formation of MOs/2D materials heterostructures are outlined, and the state-of-the-art of MOs/2D materials heterostructures as photoelectrodes with various architectures are extensively discussed. Finally, a critical outlook on fundamental challenges and potential future directions in the development of MOs/2D materials heterostructures is presented.
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U2 - 10.1039/d1ta10203f
DO - 10.1039/d1ta10203f
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129343892
SN - 2050-7488
JO - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
JF - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
ER -
