A photoelectrochemical device can successfully split water into oxygen and hydrogen, driven by the power of visible light. This offers a promising pathway to converting solar energy into a fuel, potentially solving the problems of future energy demand and related environmental issues.
The photoelectrochemical device consists of molecular ruthenium catalyst assembled via pH-modified Nafion on a dye-sensitized nanostructured TiO2 film as the anode, and platinum foil as the cathode.
Want to find out more? Why not read Licheng Sun and his colleagues article today, published in Chemical Communications, it is free to access until the 17th September (2010).
