Ga(X)N/Si nanoarchitecture: An emerging semiconductor platform for sunlight-powered water splitting toward hydrogen

IF 3.1 4区工程技术 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI:10.1007/s11708-023-0881-9

Yixin Li, Sharif Md. Sadaf, Baowen Zhou

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Abstract

Sunlight-powered water splitting presents a promising strategy for converting intermittent and virtually unlimited solar energy into energy-dense and storable green hydrogen. Since the pioneering discovery by Honda and Fujishima, considerable efforts have been made in this research area. Among various materials developed, Ga(X)N/Si (X = In, Ge, Mg, etc.) nanoarchitecture has emerged as a disruptive semiconductor platform to split water toward hydrogen by sunlight. This paper introduces the characteristics, properties, and growth/synthesis/fabrication methods of Ga(X)N/Si nanoarchitecture, primarily focusing on explaining the suitability as an ideal platform for sunlight-powered water splitting toward green hydrogen fuel. In addition, it exclusively summarizes the recent progress and development of Ga(X)N/Si nanoarchitecture for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting. Moreover, it describes the challenges and prospects of artificial photosynthesis integrated device and system using Ga(X)N/Si nanoarchitectures for solar water splitting toward hydrogen.

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Ga(X)N/Si 纳米结构：用于阳光驱动水分离制氢的新兴半导体平台

以太阳光为动力的水分裂技术是将间歇性的、几乎无限的太阳能转化为能量密集且可储存的绿色氢气的一种前景广阔的战略。自本田和藤岛率先发现这一技术以来，人们在这一研究领域做出了巨大的努力。在已开发的各种材料中，Ga(X)N/Si（X = In、Ge、Mg 等）纳米结构已成为利用太阳光将水分离成氢的颠覆性半导体平台。本文介绍了 Ga(X)N/Si 纳米结构的特点、性能和生长/合成/制造方法，主要侧重于解释其作为利用太阳光分水制取绿色氢燃料的理想平台的适用性。此外，报告还专门总结了用于光催化和光电化学水分离的 Ga(X)N/Si 纳米结构的最新进展和发展。此外，它还介绍了利用 Ga(X)N/Si 纳米结构实现太阳能水分离制氢的人工光合作用集成装置和系统所面临的挑战和前景。

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Frontiers in Energy Energy-Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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5.90

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6.90%

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708

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