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Cuprous oxide-Shewanella mediated photolytic hydrogen evolution

Michael Graetzel, Christos Comninellis, Kevin Sivula, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Meng Xia, Linfeng Pan, Michele Morgante

However, its green production process is expensive, involving water electrolysis, which requires a significant amount of energy. New technologies have been developed to decrease the cost associated with water electrolysis, such as using microbial electroly ...

2025

Surface and Electrolyte Engineering on Semiconductor Electrodes for solar-assisted CO2 Reduction

Meng Xia

Since the 1760s, modern civilization has significantly enhanced human efficiency and living standards, whereas it heavily depends on fossil fuels for primary energy. The overreliance raises concerns about energy and environmental crises. It prompts the nee ...

EPFL2024

Research data supporting "High carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes"

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Meng Xia, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jingshan Luo, Dan Ren, Linfeng Pan, Lu Chen

Included in the dataset are detailed information into the crystallography, morphology, electronic properties, (photo)electrochemical and carrier dynamics of both single-crystal Cu2O thin films and polycrystalline Cu2O with favored crystal orientations. Mul ...

Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository2024

High carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Meng Xia, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Dan Ren, Linfeng Pan, Lu Chen

Solar fuels offer a promising approach to provide sustainable fuels by harnessing sunlight(1,2). Following a decade of advancement, Cu2O photocathodes are capable of delivering a performance comparable to that of photoelectrodes with established photovolta ...

Nature Portfolio2024

[Correction] High carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes (vol 628, pg 765, 2024)

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Meng Xia, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Dan Ren, Linfeng Pan, Lu Chen

NATURE PORTFOLIO2024

Bifunctional hole-shuttle molecule for improved interfacial energy level alignment and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Jing Gao, Meng Xia, Dan Ren, Zhongjin Shen

Interface engineering in perovskite solar cells is key to high performance. Now, You et al. design an interlayer that both passivates defects and improves the energy level alignment between the perovskite and hole transport material. ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Efficient Cu2O Photocathodes for Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate and Syngas

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Kevin Sivula, Mounir Driss Mensi, Jing Gao, Meng Xia, Dan Ren, Yongpeng Liu, Jun Li, Linfeng Pan

Photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (PEC-CO2R) represents a promising approach for producing renewable fuels and chemicals using solar energy. However, attaining even modest solar-to-fuel (STF) conversion efficiency often necessitates the use of ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction at a Direct CuInGaS2/Electrolyte Junction

Michael Graetzel, Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Meng Xia, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Dan Ren, Yongpeng Liu, Simon Nussbaum

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) CO2 reduction has received considerable attention given the inherent sustainability and simplicity of directly converting solar energy into carbonbased chemical fuels. However, complex photocathode architectures with protecting l ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Covalent Organic Framework Nanoplates Enable Solution-Processed Crystalline Nanofilms for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

Michael Graetzel, Kevin Sivula, Meng Xia, Yongpeng Liu

As covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are coming of age, the lack of effective approaches to achieve crystalline and centimeter-scale-homogeneous COF films remains a significant bottleneck toward advancing the application of COFs in optoelectronic devices. ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Transparency and Morphology Control of Cu2O Photocathodes via an in Situ Electroconversion

Michael Graetzel, Kevin Sivula, Marina Caroline Michèle Caretti, Meng Xia, Dan Ren, Rebekah Anne Wells, Linda Lazouni, Simon Nussbaum

2022