Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Electronic-reconstruction-enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis in oxide polymorphs

  • Yangyang Li,
  • Zhi Gen Yu,
  • Ling Wang,
  • Yakui Weng,
  • Chi Sin Tang,
  • Xinmao Yin,
  • Kun Han,
  • Haijun Wu,
  • Xiaojiang Yu,
  • Lai Mun Wong,
  • Dongyang Wan,
  • Xiao Renshaw Wang,
  • Jianwei Chai,
  • Yong-Wei Zhang,
  • Shijie Wang,
  • John Wang,
  • Andrew T. S. Wee,
  • Mark B. H. Breese,
  • Stephen J. Pennycook,
  • Thirumalai Venkatesan,
  • Shuai Dong,
  • Jun Min Xue,
  • Jingsheng Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11124-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel requires light-absorbers that well-match the wavelengths of incoming sunlight. Here, authors prepare a broadband visible-light-absorbing molecular complex that efficiently produces hydrogen from water.