Bienkowski Krzysztof, Solarska Renata, Trinh Linh, Widera-Kalinowska Justyna, Al-Anesi Basheer, Liu Maning, Grandhi G Krishnamurthy, Vivo Paola, Oral Burcu, Yılmaz Beyza, Yıldırım Ramazan
Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, P.O. Box Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Department of Chemistry, Adelphi University, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, United States.
ACS Catal. 2024 Apr 16;14(9):6603-6622. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c06040. eCollection 2024 May 3.
Photoelectrochemical water splitting and CO reduction provide an attractive route to produce solar fuels while reducing the level of CO emissions. Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have been extensively studied for this purpose in recent years due to their suitable optoelectronic properties. In this review, we survey the recent achievements in the field. After a brief introduction to photoelectrochemical (PEC) processes, we discussed the properties, synthesis, and application of MHPs in this context. We also survey the state-of-the-art findings regarding significant achievements in performance, and developments in addressing the major challenges of toxicity and instability toward water. Efforts have been made to replace the toxic Pb with less toxic materials like Sn, Ge, Sb, and Bi. The stability toward water has been also improved by using various methods such as compositional engineering, 2D/3D perovskite structures, surface passivation, the use of protective layers, and encapsulation. In the last part, considering the experience gained in photovoltaic applications, we provided our perspective for the future challenges and opportunities. We place special emphasis on the improvement of stability as the major challenge and the potential contribution of machine learning to identify the most suitable formulation for halide perovskites with desired properties.
光电化学水分解和CO还原为生产太阳能燃料提供了一条有吸引力的途径,同时降低了CO排放水平。近年来,金属卤化物钙钛矿(MHPs)因其合适的光电特性而被广泛研究用于此目的。在本综述中,我们概述了该领域的最新成就。在简要介绍光电化学(PEC)过程之后,我们在此背景下讨论了MHPs的性质、合成及应用。我们还综述了关于性能方面重大成就以及在解决对水的毒性和不稳定性等主要挑战方面的进展的最新研究结果。人们已努力用Sn、Ge、Sb和Bi等毒性较小的材料替代有毒的Pb。通过诸如成分工程、二维/三维钙钛矿结构、表面钝化、使用保护层和封装等各种方法,对水的稳定性也得到了提高。在最后一部分,考虑到在光伏应用中获得的经验,我们阐述了对未来挑战和机遇的看法。我们特别强调将提高稳定性作为主要挑战,以及机器学习在识别具有所需特性的卤化物钙钛矿最合适配方方面的潜在贡献。