Research Update: Photoelectrochemical water splitting and photocatalytic hydrogen production using ferrites (MFe{sub 2}O{sub 4}) under visible light irradiation

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · APL Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931763· OSTI ID:22499206

Dillert, Ralf ^[1]; Taffa, Dereje H.; Wark, Michael ^[2]; Bredow, Thomas ^[3]; Bahnemann, Detlef W. ^[1]

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1. Institut für Technische Chemie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3, 30167 Hannover (Germany)
2. Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky Str. 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg (Germany)
3. Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn (Germany)

The utilization of solar light for the photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic production of molecular hydrogen from water is a scientific and technical challenge. Semiconductors with suitable properties to promote solar-driven water splitting are a desideratum. A hitherto rarely investigated group of semiconductors are ferrites with the empirical formula MFe{sub 2}O{sub 4} and related compounds. This contribution summarizes the published results of the experimental investigations on the photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic properties of these compounds. It will be shown that the potential of this group of compounds in regard to the production of solar hydrogen has not been fully explored yet.

• OSTI ID: 22499206
• Journal Information: APL Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2166-532X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
FERRITE
FERRITES
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
IRRADIATION
PHOTOCATALYSIS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
WATER