Photoanode, for water splitting

Figure 11. Energy diagram of an illuminated photocell with an n-type semiconductor photoanode for water splitting.

In view of the results reported to date, the Ti02 films doped with non-metallic elements offer rather poor prospects for application as effective sunlight-driven photoanodes for water splitting. As discussed earlier, the situation is quite different in the case of nitrogen- and especially carbon-doped titania powders which have been demonstrated to act as efficient visible-light active photocatalysts for the degradation of various organic pollutants. 

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