Electrolyte Engineering Stabilizes Photoanodes Decorated with Molecular Catalysts

Ken J Jenewein; Yuanxing Wang; Tianying Liu; Tara McDonald; Matej Zlatar; Nadiia Kulyk; Victoria Benavente Llorente; Attila Kormányos; Dunwei Wang; Serhiy Cherevko

doi:10.1002/cssc.202300406

Electrolyte Engineering Stabilizes Photoanodes Decorated with Molecular Catalysts

ChemSusChem. 2023 Apr 6;16(7):e202300406. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202300406. Epub 2023 Mar 24.

Authors

Ken J Jenewein^{1

2}, Yuanxing Wang³, Tianying Liu³, Tara McDonald³, Matej Zlatar^{1

2}, Nadiia Kulyk¹, Victoria Benavente Llorente¹, Attila Kormányos^{1

4}, Dunwei Wang³, Serhiy Cherevko¹

Affiliations

¹ Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy IEK-11, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Cauerstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
² Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
³ Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
⁴ Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, University of Szeged, Aradi Square 1, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.

PMID: 36960909
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300406

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Dunwei Wang from Boston College and Serhiy Cherevko from the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy. The image illustrates the impact of different electrolyte environments on the stability of hematite decorated with an iridium molecular catalyst used for solar water splitting. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202202319.