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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 55, Issue 29, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac5771
Keywords
two-dimensional materials; heterostructures; photocatalytic water-splitting; photocatalysts
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- Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission [KJQN202001402]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0376]
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This review summarizes the recent developments of 2D materials and heterostructures for photocatalytic water-splitting applications from a theoretical perspective. The design strategies of 2D materials and heterostructures for water-splitting, as well as the methods to evaluate hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions and solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, are discussed.
Photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen generation by sunlight provides a new route to address energy and environmental problems. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been devoted to designing highly efficient water-splitting photocatalysts (PCs). Adequate light absorption, effective photogenerated carrier separation, and sufficiently large overpotentials for water redox are crucial in achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency. These parameters thus strongly influence the design of novel photocatalytic materials. Two-dimensional (2D) PCs have flourished because of their large specific surface area ratio, short carrier migration distance compared to bulk PCs, enormous design flexibility via van der Waals heterostructure (HS) engineering and many other unique capabilities that meet the criteria for high-efficiency STH conversion. In this review, we summarize the recent developments of 2D materials and HSs for water-splitting applications from a theoretical perspective. Specifically, we first discuss a number of 2D materials and HSs employed for water-splitting. We review various strategies of material design to modulate and enhance the photocatalytic performance via improving light harvesting and carrier separation, such as the introduction of defects and dopants, and the application of strain, external electric field, rotation angles and ferroelectric switching. We then discuss the methods to evaluate hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction and STH efficiency. Finally, the opportunities and challenges of designing 2D materials and HSs for water-splitting are presented.
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