Ag(I) ions working as a hole-transfer mediator in photoelectrocatalytic water oxidation on WO3 film

Tae Hwa Jeon; Damián Monllor–Satoca; Gun–hee Moon; Wooyul Kim; Hyoung–il Kim; Detlef W. Bahnemann; Hyunwoong Park; Wonyong Choi

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14775-2

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Ag(I) ions working as a hole-transfer mediator in photoelectrocatalytic water oxidation on WO3 film

Tae Hwa Jeon,
Damián Monllor–Satoca,
Gun–hee Moon,
Wooyul Kim,
Hyoung–il Kim,
Detlef W. Bahnemann,
Hyunwoong Park,
Wonyong Choi

Affiliations

Tae Hwa Jeon: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Damián Monllor–Satoca: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Gun–hee Moon: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Wooyul Kim: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University
Hyoung–il Kim: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University
Detlef W. Bahnemann: “Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology”, Institut fuer Technische Chemie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
Hyunwoong Park: School of Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University
Wonyong Choi: Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14775-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While water splitting catalysis may provide a renewable means to produce fuel, sacrificial reagents are typically employed to assess the water oxidation half reaction. Here, authors find the silver redox cycle to mediate O2 evolution in photoelectrocatalytic water oxidation with WO3 electrodes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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