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Determining the role of oxygen vacancies in the photoelectrocatalytic performance of WO3 for water oxidation by Corby, Sacha, Francàs, Laia, Kafizas, Andreas, Durrant, James R

“…Oxygen vacancies are common to most metal oxides, whether intentionally incorporated or otherwise, and the study of these defects is of increasing interest for…”
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Impact of Oxygen Vacancy Occupancy on Charge Carrier Dynamics in BiVO4 Photoanodes by Selim, Shababa, Pastor, Ernest, García-Tecedor, Miguel, Morris, Madeleine R, Francàs, Laia, Sachs, Michael, Moss, Benjamin, Corby, Sacha, Mesa, Camilo A, Gimenez, Sixto, Kafizas, Andreas, Bakulin, Artem A, Durrant, James R

“…Oxygen vacancies are ubiquitous in metal oxides and critical to performance, yet the impact of these states upon charge carrier dynamics important for…”
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Spectroelectrochemical study of water oxidation on nickel and iron oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts by Francàs, Laia, Corby, Sacha, Selim, Shababa, Lee, Dongho, Mesa, Camilo A., Godin, Robert, Pastor, Ernest, Stephens, Ifan E. L., Choi, Kyoung-Shin, Durrant, James R.

“…Ni/Fe oxyhydroxides are the best performing Earth-abundant electrocatalysts for water oxidation. However, the origin of their remarkable performance is not…”
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Tracking Charge Transfer to Residual Metal Clusters in Conjugated Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Sachs, Michael, Cha, Hyojung, Kosco, Jan, Aitchison, Catherine M, Francàs, Laia, Corby, Sacha, Chiang, Chao-Lung, Wilson, Anna A, Godin, Robert, Fahey-Williams, Alexander, Cooper, Andrew I, Sprick, Reiner Sebastian, McCulloch, Iain, Durrant, James R

“…Semiconducting polymers are versatile materials for solar energy conversion and have gained popularity as photocatalysts for sunlight-driven hydrogen…”
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Kinetics of Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Methanol on Hematite Photoanodes by Mesa, Camilo A, Kafizas, Andreas, Francàs, Laia, Pendlebury, Stephanie R, Pastor, Ernest, Ma, Yimeng, Le Formal, Florian, Mayer, Matthew T, Grätzel, Michael, Durrant, James R

“…The kinetics of photoelectrochemical (PEC) oxidation of methanol, as a model organic substrate, on α-Fe2O3 photoanodes are studied using photoinduced…”
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Multihole water oxidation catalysis on haematite photoanodes revealed by operando spectroelectrochemistry and DFT by Mesa, Camilo A., Francàs, Laia, Yang, Ke R., Garrido-Barros, Pablo, Pastor, Ernest, Ma, Yimeng, Kafizas, Andreas, Rosser, Timothy E., Mayer, Matthew T., Reisner, Erwin, Grätzel, Michael, Batista, Victor S., Durrant, James R.

“…Water oxidation is the key kinetic bottleneck of photoelectrochemical devices for fuel synthesis. Despite advances in the identification of intermediates,…”
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Water Oxidation Kinetics of Accumulated Holes on the Surface of a TiO2 Photoanode: A Rate Law Analysis by Kafizas, Andreas, Ma, Yimeng, Pastor, Ernest, Pendlebury, Stephanie R, Mesa, Camilo, Francàs, Laia, Le Formal, Florian, Noor, Nuruzzaman, Ling, Min, Sotelo-Vazquez, Carlos, Carmalt, Claire J, Parkin, Ivan P, Durrant, James R

“…It has been more than 40 years since Fujishima and Honda demonstrated water splitting using TiO2, yet there is still no clear mechanism by which surface holes…”
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Effect of oxygen deficiency on the excited state kinetics of WO3 and implications for photocatalysis by Sachs, Michael, Ji-Sang, Park, Pastor, Ernest, Kafizas, Andreas, Wilson, Anna A, Francàs, Laia, Gul, Sheraz, Ling, Min, Blackman, Chris, Yano, Junko, Walsh, Aron, Durrant, James R

“…Oxygen vacancies are widely used to tune the light absorption of semiconducting metal oxides, but a photophysical framework describing the impact of such point…”
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Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Reaction Intermediates Involved in a Dinuclear Co–Hbpp Water Oxidation Catalyst by Gimbert-Suriñach, Carolina, Moonshiram, Dooshaye, Francàs, Laia, Planas, Nora, Bernales, Varinia, Bozoglian, Fernando, Guda, Alexander, Mognon, Lorenzo, López, Isidoro, Hoque, Md Asmaul, Gagliardi, Laura, Cramer, Christopher J, Llobet, Antoni

“…An end-on superoxido complex with the formula {[CoIII(OH2)­(trpy)]­[CoIII(OO•)­(trpy)]­(μ-bpp)}4+ (3 4+) (bpp– = bis­(2-pyridyl)-3,5-pyrazolate; trpy =…”
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Reply to: Questioning the rate law in the analysis of water oxidation catalysis on haematite photoanodes by Mesa, Camilo A., Rao, Reshma R., Francàs, Laia, Corby, Sacha, Durrant, James R.

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Kinetic Analysis of an Efficient Molecular Light-Driven Water Oxidation System by Francàs, Laia, Matheu, Roc, Pastor, Ernest, Reynal, Anna, Berardi, Serena, Sala, Xavier, Llobet, Antoni, Durrant, James R

“…We report an efficient molecular light-driven system to oxidize water to oxygen and a kinetic analysis of the factors determining the efficiency of the system…”
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UV–Vis operando spectroelectrochemistry for (photo)electrocatalysis: Principles and guidelines by Mesa, Camilo A., Pastor, Ernest, Francàs, Laia

“…Electrocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic technologies are key players in the transition to a circular economy. In order to rationally design the new…”
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Behavior of the Ru-bda Water Oxidation Catalyst Covalently Anchored on Glassy Carbon Electrodes by Matheu, Roc, Francàs, Laia, Chernev, Petko, Ertem, Mehmed Z, Batista, Victor, Haumann, Michael, Sala, Xavier, Llobet, Antoni

“…Electrochemical reduction of the dizaonium complex, [RuII(bda)­(NO)­(N–N2)2]3+, 2 3+ (N–N2 2+ is 4-(pyridin-4-yl) benzenediazonium and bda2– is…”
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Suppression of Recombination Losses in Polymer:Nonfullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells due to Aggregation Dependence of Acceptor Electron Affinity by Cha, Hyojung, Fish, George, Luke, Joel, Alraddadi, Ahmad, Lee, Hyun Hwi, Zhang, Weimin, Dong, Yifan, Limbu, Saurav, Wadsworth, Andrew, Maria, Iuliana P., Francàs, Laia, Sou, Hou Lon, Du, Tian, Kim, Ji‐Seon, McLachlan, Martyn A., McCulloch, Iain, Durrant, James R.

“…Here, it is investigated whether an energetic cascade between mixed and pure regions assists in suppressing recombination losses in non‐fullerene acceptor…”
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Boosting the Oxygen Evolution Activity of FeNi Oxides/Hydroxides by Molecular and Atomic Engineering by Da Silva, Eliana S., Macili, Aureliano, Bofill, Roger, García‐Antón, Jordi, Sala, Xavier, Francàs, Laia

“…FeNi oxides/hydroxides are the best performing catalysts for oxidizing water at basic pH. Consequently, their improvement is the cornerstone to develop more…”
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Toward Improved Environmental Stability of Polymer:Fullerene and Polymer:Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells: A Common Energetic Origin of Light- and Oxygen-Induced Degradation by Speller, Emily M, Clarke, Andrew J, Aristidou, Nicholas, Wyatt, Mark F, Francàs, Laia, Fish, George, Cha, Hyojung, Lee, Harrison Ka Hin, Luke, Joel, Wadsworth, Andrew, Evans, Alex D, McCulloch, Iain, Kim, Ji-Seon, Haque, Saif A, Durrant, James R, Dimitrov, Stoichko D, Tsoi, Wing C, Li, Zhe

“…With the emergence of nonfullerene electron acceptors resulting in further breakthroughs in the performance of organic solar cells, there is now an urgent need…”
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Publisher Correction: Spectroelectrochemical study of water oxidation on nickel and iron oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts by Francàs, Laia, Corby, Sacha, Selim, Shababa, Lee, Dongho, Mesa, Camilo A., Godin, Robert, Pastor, Ernest, Stephens, Ifan E. L., Choi, Kyoung-Shin, Durrant, James R.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Tuning Thermally Treated Graphitic Carbon Nitride for H2 Evolution and CO2 Photoreduction: The Effects of Material Properties and Mid-Gap States by Dias, Elton M, Christoforidis, Konstantinos C, Francàs, Laia, Petit, Camille

“…Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is regarded as an attractive photocatalyst for solar fuel production, i.e., H2 evolution and CO2 photoreduction. Yet, its…”
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Water Oxidation and Electron Extraction Kinetics in Nanostructured Tungsten Trioxide Photoanodes by Corby, Sacha, Francàs, Laia, Selim, Shababa, Sachs, Michael, Blackman, Chris, Kafizas, Andreas, Durrant, James R

“…A thorough understanding of the kinetic competition between desired water oxidation/electron extraction processes and any detrimental surface recombination is…”
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Inside Back Cover: Highly Efficient Binuclear Ruthenium Catalyst for Water Oxidation (ChemSusChem 10/2015) by Sander, Anett C., Maji, Somnath, Francàs, Laia, Böhnisch, Torben, Dechert, Sebastian, Llobet, Antoni, Meyer, Franc

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