Search Results - "Toma, Francesca M."
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Understanding the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Mechanism on CoOx using Operando Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (05-07-2017)“…Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising approach for renewable production of hydrogen from solar energy and requires interfacing advanced…”
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Electrocatalysis at Organic–Metal Interfaces: Identification of Structure–Reactivity Relationships for CO2 Reduction at Modified Cu Surfaces
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (08-05-2019)“…The limited selectivity of existing CO2 reduction catalysts and rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere necessitate the identification of specific…”
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High Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in Band Gap Tunable Bromide Containing Mixed Halide Perovskites
Published in Nano letters (13-01-2016)“…Hybrid organic–inorganic halide perovskite based semiconductor materials are attractive for use in a wide range of optoelectronic devices because they combine…”
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Indirect Bandgap and Optical Properties of Monoclinic Bismuth Vanadate
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (12-02-2015)“…Monoclinic scheelite bismuth vanadate (m-BiVO4) is a promising semiconductor photoanode for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Despite considerable…”
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Mechanistic insights into chemical and photochemical transformations of bismuth vanadate photoanodes
Published in Nature communications (05-07-2016)“…Artificial photosynthesis relies on the availability of semiconductors that are chemically stable and can efficiently capture solar energy. Although metal…”
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Defective TiO2 with high photoconductive gain for efficient and stable planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells
Published in Nature communications (18-08-2016)“…Formation of planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells exhibiting both high efficiency and stability under continuous operation remains a challenge. Here,…”
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Effects of Defects on Band Structure and Excitons in WS2 Revealed by Nanoscale Photoemission Spectroscopy
Published in ACS nano (26-02-2019)“…Two-dimensional materials with engineered composition and structure will provide designer materials beyond conventional semiconductors. However, the potentials…”
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Nanoscale imaging of charge carrier transport in water splitting photoanodes
Published in Nature communications (16-07-2018)“…The performance of energy materials hinges on the presence of structural defects and heterogeneity over different length scales. Here we map the correlation…”
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Integrated halide perovskite photoelectrochemical cells with solar-driven water-splitting efficiency of 20.8
Published in Nature communications (26-06-2023)“…Achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency concomitant with long-term durability using low-cost, scalable photo-absorbers is a long-standing challenge…”
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Oxynitrides enabled photoelectrochemical water splitting with over 3,000 hrs stable operation in practical two-electrode configuration
Published in Nature communications (11-04-2023)“…Solar photoelectrochemical reactions have been considered one of the most promising paths for sustainable energy production. To date, however, there has been…”
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Tunable electrical conductivity in oriented thin films of tetrathiafulvalene-based covalent organic framework
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (01-01-2014)“…Despite the high charge-carrier mobility in covalent organic frameworks (COFs), the low intrinsic conductivity and poor solution processability still impose a…”
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Fabrication of Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells by Controlled Low-Pressure Vapor Annealing
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (05-02-2015)“…A new method for achieving high efficiency planar CH3NH3I3–x Cl x perovskite photovoltaics, based on a low pressure, reduced temperature vapor annealing is…”
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Electronic Structure and Performance Bottlenecks of CuFeO2 Photocathodes
Published in Chemistry of materials (09-04-2019)“…The path to realizing low-cost, stable, and earth-abundant photoelectrodes can be enabled through a detailed understanding of the optoelectronic properties of…”
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Efficient water oxidation at carbon nanotube–polyoxometalate electrocatalytic interfaces
Published in Nature chemistry (01-10-2010)“…Water is the renewable, bulk chemical that nature uses to enable carbohydrate production from carbon dioxide. The dream goal of energy research is to transpose…”
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p‑Type Transparent Conducting Oxide/n-Type Semiconductor Heterojunctions for Efficient and Stable Solar Water Oxidation
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (05-08-2015)“…Achieving stable operation of photoanodes used as components of solar water splitting devices is critical to realizing the promise of this renewable energy…”
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Mo-Doped BiVO4 Photoanodes Synthesized by Reactive Sputtering
Published in ChemSusChem (01-03-2015)“…We report a scalable and reproducible method for reactive co‐sputtering of Mo‐doped BiVO4 thin films with broad compositional control. Optimal photoanode…”
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Bismuth Vanadate as a Platform for Accelerating Discovery and Development of Complex Transition-Metal Oxide Photoanodes
Published in ACS energy letters (13-01-2017)“…Development of practical systems for photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy to chemical fuel requires light absorbers that are efficient, durable, and…”
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Potential-Sensing Electrochemical AFM Shows CoPi as a Hole Collector and Oxygen Evolution Catalyst on BiVO4 Water-Splitting Photoanodes
Published in ACS energy letters (14-09-2018)“…Oxide/(oxy)hydroxide overlayers such as cobalt (oxy)hydroxide phosphate (CoPi) enhance the performance of BiVO4 water-spitting photoanodes, but the mechanism…”
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Synthesis and Characterization of a Carbon Nanotube−Dendron Series for Efficient siRNA Delivery
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (22-07-2009)“…A new series of dendron-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) derivatives, characterized by the presence of numerous positively charged tetraalkyl…”
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Band Tailing and Deep Defect States in CH3NH3Pb(I1–x Br x )3 Perovskites As Revealed by Sub-Bandgap Photocurrent
Published in ACS energy letters (10-03-2017)“…Organometal halide perovskite semiconductors have emerged as promising candidates for optoelectronic applications because of the outstanding charge carrier…”
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