2018/03/05 by Daniel A. Grave, Natav Yatom, David S. Ellis +2 · 115 citations
Chemistry · Energy · Environmental Science · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Clay minerals and soil interactions #Condensed matter physics #Electrochemistry #Electrode #Electronic structure #Engineering physics #Hematite #Iron oxide chemistry and applications #Materials science #Mine drainage and remediation techniques #Nanotechnology #Optoelectronics #Photocatalysis #Photoelectrochemical cell #Photoelectrochemistry #Physical chemistry #Physics #Solar cell #Water splitting #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #physics.chem-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/adma.201706577
published in Advanced Materials 30(41), e1706577
openalex publication_date 2018/03/05 · arxiv created 2020/12/08 · arxiv updated 2020/12/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
In recent years, hematite's potential as a photoanode material for solar hydrogen production has ignited a renewed interest in its physical and interfacial properties, which continues to be an active field of research. Research on hematite photoanodes provides new insights on the correlations between electronic structure, transport properties, excited state dynamics, and charge transfer phenomena, and expands our knowledge on solar cell materials into correlated electron systems. This research news article presents a snapshot of selected theoretical and experimental developments linking the electronic structure to the photoelectrochemical performance, with particular focus on optoelectronic properties and charge carrier dynamics.