Photochemical Water Splitting

2.3.3 Hydrogen Evolution Reaction — 2.4 Criteria for the Selection of Photocatalytic Material — 2.5 Overpotential — 2.6 Band Gap and Band Edge Position in Photocatalytic Materials — 2.7 Band Edge Bending: Semiconductor/Electrolyte Interface Reactions — 2.8 Efficiency (Solar to Hydrogen Conversion, Turnover Number, Quantum Yield, Photoconversion Efficiency, Incident Photon-to-Current Efficiency [%], Absorbed Photon-to-Current Efficiency) — 2.8.1 Turnover Number — 2.8.2 Incident Photon-to-Current Efficiencies — 2.8.3 Absorbed Photon-to-Current Efficiency — 2.8.4 Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion Efficiency — 2.8.5 Quantum Efficiency — 2.9 Excitonic Binding Energy — 2.10 Diffusion Length — 2.11 Carrier Mobility and Penetration in Photocatalysts — 2.11.1 Electrical Conductivity and Mobility — 2.11.2 Temperature Dependence of Mobility — 2.11.3 Mobility versus Diffusion — 2.11.4 Doping Dependence of Electron Mobility and Hole Mobility — 2.12 Summary — References — Chapter 3: Water-Splitting Technologies for Hydrogen Generation — 3.1 Introduction — 3.2 Electrolytic Water Splitting — 3.2.1 PEM Electrolyzer — 3.2.2 Alkaline Electrolyzers — 3.2.3 Acid Electrolyzers — 3.2.4 Solid Oxide Electrolyzers — 3.3 Biophotocatalytic Water Splitting — 3.4 Thermochemical Water Splitting — 3.4.1 Thermodynamics of Thermochemical Water Splitting — 3.4.2 Single-Step Cycle — 3.4.3 Two-Step Cycle — 3.4.4 Three-Step Cycle — 3.4.5 K-Step Cycle — 3.4.6 Hybrid Cycle — 3.5 Mechanocatalytic Water Splitting — 3.6 Plasmolytic Water Splitting — 3.7 Magnetolysis of Water — 3.8 Radiolysis of Water — 3.9 Photocatalytic Water Splitting — 3.10 Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting — 3.10.1 Types of PEC Devices — 3.10.1.1 Direct PEC or Photosynthetic Cells — 3.10.1.2 Biased PEC Devices — 3.10.1.3 PV Cell