Application of Prussian Blue Analogues and Related Compounds for Water Splitting
Próspero Acevedo-Peña, Edilso Reguera
This chapter summarizes state-of-the-art regarding the reported application of Prussian blue analogues and related coordination polymers for water splitting. This family of materials has been evaluated as redox mediator coupled with metal sulfides and/or metal oxides based semiconductors, under neutral conditions (pH 7), with promising results for the oxygen evolution reaction (oxidation of the water molecule). The hydrogen evolution reaction (water reduction) has received less attention. Moreover, according to their electronic and crystal structures, these materials have promising potentialities for applications on chemical energy production from sunlight. The discussion emphasizes supporting such a hypothesis.
Keywords
Prussian Blue Analogues, Porous Cyanometallates, Water Splitting, Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Artificial Photosynthesis, Coordination Polymers
Published online 10/5/2019, 36 pages
Citation: Próspero Acevedo-Peña, Edilso Reguera, Application of Prussian Blue Analogues and Related Compounds for Water Splitting, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 59, pp 179-214, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900451-8
Part of the book on Electrochemical Water Splitting
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