13 10 Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Zhongxue Yang, Hui Ning, Qingshan Zhao, Hongqi Sun and Mingbo Wu 10.1 Introduction 10.2 PEC CO2 Reduction Principles 10.3 Application of Solar‐to‐Chemical Energy Conversion in PEC CO2 Reduction 10.4 Other Configurations for PEC CO2 Reduction 10.5 Conclusion and Outlook Acknowledgments Conflict of Interest References
14 11 Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Nitrogen Fixation Lei Shi and Hongqi Sun 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Fundamental Principles and Present Challenges 11.3 Strategies for Catalyst Design and Fabrication 11.4 Conclusions and Outlook References
15 12 Photocatalytic Production of Hydrogen Peroxide Using MOF Materials Xiaolang Chen, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori and Hiromi Yamashita 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Photocatalytic H2O2 Production Through Selective Two‐Electron Reduction of O2 Utilizing NiO/MIL‐125‐NH2 12.3 Two‐Phase System Utilizing Linker‐Alkylated Hydrophobic MIL‐125‐NH2 for Photocatalytic H2O2 Production 12.4 Ti Cluster‐Alkylated Hydrophobic MIL‐125‐NH2 for Photocatalytic H2O2 Production in Two‐Phase System 12.5 Conclusion and Outlooks Reference
16 13 Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Reforming of Methane Jinqiang Zhang and Hongqi Sun 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Photo‐Mediated Processes 13.3 Differences Between Photo‐Assisted Catalysis and Thermocatalysis 13.4 Reactions of Methane Conversion via Photo‐Assisted Catalysis 13.5 Conclusions and Perspectives Acknowledgment References
17 14 Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Reforming of Biomass Xiaoqing Liu, Wei Wei and Bing-Jie Ni 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Fundamentals of Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Processes 14.3 Photocatalytic Reforming of Biomass 14.4 Photoelectrochemical Reforming of Biomass 14.5 Conclusion Remarks and Perspectives Acknowledgments References
18 15 Reactors, Fundamentals, and Engineering Aspects for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Systems Boon-Junn Ng, Xin Ying Kong, Yi-Hao Chew, Yee Wen Teh and Siang-Piao Chai 15.1 Fundamental Mechanisms of Photocatalytic and PEC Processes 15.2 Reactor Design and Configuration 15.3 Engineering Aspects of Photocatalytic and PEC Processes 15.4 Conclusions and Outlook Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations References
19 16 Prospects of Solar Fuels Hongqi Sun Hongqi Sun
20 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 5Table 5.1 The diffusion length and light penetration of some typical semiconductors. Source: From Xiao et al. [22]. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons.Table 5.2 The reported unbiased PEC water splitting system based on photoanode–photocathode dual‐photoelectrode system.
2 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Homogeneous catalysts for photocatalytic water oxidation.Table 6.2 Heterogeneous catalysts for photocatalytic water oxidation.
3 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Reduction potentials of CO2, H2CO3, and CO32−. Source: Li et al. [12]. © 2014, Springer Nature.
4 Chapter 10Table 10.1 The thermodynamic potentials vs. the normal hydrogen electrode at pH = 7 for various CO2 reduction products and water splitting. Source: Chang et al. [15]. © 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry.Table 10.2 Some recent advances reported in the development of semiconductors and setups for PEC CO2 reduction.
5 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Applied reduction potentials related to the N2 reduction [4,18]. Sources: Bazhenova et al. [4]; Chen et al.[18].Table 11.2 Performance summary of various