Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

A hygroscopic nano-membrane coating achieves efficient vapor-fed photocatalytic water splitting

  • Takuya Suguro,
  • Fuminao Kishimoto,
  • Nobuko Kariya,
  • Tsuyoshi Fukui,
  • Mamiko Nakabayashi,
  • Naoya Shibata,
  • Tsuyoshi Takata,
  • Kazunari Domen,
  • Kazuhiro Takanabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33439-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Although light-driven water vapor splitting may avoid material stability challenges for renewable fuel production, material performances lag behind solution-based studies. Here, authors incorporate metal hydroxides layers into particulate photocatalysts to enhance water vapor splitting activities.