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Hydrogen generation through photovoltaic electrocatalytic seawater splitting is a highly desirable for economically and cleanly harvesting solar energy. Important developments have come from studies of this technology that focus on enhancing the efficiencies and stabilities of these systems for solar-to-hydrogen (STH) application. Herein, we introduce the fundamental principles of photovoltaic electrocatalytic seawater splitting, and discuss recent progress that has been made in developing improved photovoltaic electrocatalytic seawater splitting strategies for STH conversion, giving major attention to studies aimed at developing the novel electrocatalysts. Finally, some of the remaining challenges in this area and the outlook for future advances are presented.

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This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFB3805600, 2022YFB3805604), National Natural Science Foundation of China (22293020), Sino-German Center COVID-19 Related Bilateral Collaborative project (C-0046), FRFCU (2021qntd13), National 111 project (B20002), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT_15R52), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515111131, 2022A1515010137), and Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20210324142010029, GJHZ20210705143204014, KCXFZ20211020170006010).

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Xiao, YX., Yu, F., Yang, X., Yang, XY. (2023). Photovoltaic Electrocatalytic Seawater Splitting. In: Yang, XY. (eds) Photo-Driven Seawater Splitting for Hydrogen Production. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0510-2_4

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