Enabling Internal Electric Fields to Enhance Energy and Environmental Catalysis

• Published in: Advanced energy materials Vol. 13; no. 11
• Main Authors: Chen, Lei, Ren, Jin‐Tao, Yuan, Zhong‐Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2023
• Subjects: built‐in electric fields; Catalysis; Charge distribution; Charge transfer; Electric fields; Electrocatalysts; electrode engineering; Energy conversion; energy conversion reactions; Heterostructures; Identification methods; internal electric fields; photo(electro)catalysis; Reaction mechanisms

Recent years have witnessed an upsurge of interest in exploiting advanced photo‐/electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion and environmental remediation. Constructing internal electric fields has been highlighted as a rising star to help facilitate various catalytic processes, with the merits...