The great potential of bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) photoanode in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting applications
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Despite the great potential of bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) photoanode in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting applications, the pressing bottleneck of its sluggish surface reaction kinetics and significant charge losses remains to be r
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Sourced from the abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2025, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 95 times in total.
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- Photothermal CuS as a Hole Transfer Layer on BiVO 4 Photoanode for Efficient Solar Water Oxidation (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · cited 35× · doi
Abstract Sluggish hole transport kinetics are one of the key limitations of bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) photoanodes in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, severely impeding the attainment of high solar‐to‐hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: abstract sluggish hole transport kinetics limitations bismuth vanadate bivo photoanodes photoelectrochemical water splitting severely impeding - Low-Bias Solar Water Oxidation on Photoanodes Composed of Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich BiVO 4 Nanopyramid Arrays Coated with Nanoscale Co–Fe-Layered Double Hydroxide Films (2025) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · cited 18× · doi
Despite the great potential of bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) photoanode in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting applications, the pressing bottleneck of its sluggish surface reaction kinetics and significant charge losses remains to be resolved.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: despite great potential bismuth vanadate bivo photoanode photoelectrochemical water splitting applications pressing bottleneck sluggish surface - Tailoring the Surface Termination of BiVO 4 Photoanodes Using Ammonium Metavanadate Enhances the Solar Water Oxidation Performance (2024) · ACS Energy Letters · cited 42× · doi
To date, several reports have hinted at the influence of the surface Bi:V ratio on the solar water oxidation performance of BiVO 4 photoanodes, but only a handful of strategies have been reported to afford tuning of such surface stoichiometry, while a comprehensive understanding at an atomic level of the role of the surface termination remains elusive.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: surface date several reports hinted influence ratio solar water oxidation performance bivo photoanodes handful strategies
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