Best Practices for Assessing Performance of Photocatalytic Water Splitting Systems

Tsuyoshi Takata; Lihua Lin; Takashi Hisatomi; Kazunari Domen

doi:10.1002/adma.202406848

Best Practices for Assessing Performance of Photocatalytic Water Splitting Systems

Adv Mater. 2024 Sep 5:e2406848. doi: 10.1002/adma.202406848. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Tsuyoshi Takata¹, Lihua Lin^{1

2}, Takashi Hisatomi^{1

3}, Kazunari Domen^{1

3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano-shi, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan.
² College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, P. R. China.
³ Institute for Aqua Regeneration, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano-shi, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan.
⁴ Office of University Professors, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 39233544
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202406848

Abstract

Photocatalytic water splitting has become a very popular research subject in recent years. Consequently, it is important to report appropriately standardized experimental data, so that each researcher can properly understand the results generated by others. However, experimental methods and measures of photocatalytic performance are not yet sufficiently systematic. In the present manuscript, experimental procedures and standardization of photocatalytic performance are described in relation to the basic theory of photocatalytic water splitting.

Keywords: reactor design; standardization; water splitting photocatalyst.

Grants and funding

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)