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Recent advancements in Se- and Te-enriched cocatalysts for boosting photocatalytic splitting of water to produce hydrogen

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One of the most significant boosts for reducing energy consumption and environmental pollution is expected to be the photocatalytic splitting of water, which is a cost-effective and ecologically beneficial method of hydrogen (H2) production from water under sunlight irradiation. Researchers have studied various photocatalytic materials and systems for the last 50 years; however, there are still some challenges in enhancing the lifetime of photo-generated charge carriers, their efficient reactivity, and enabling the use of longer wavelengths of incident light for an efficient production of H2 under sunlight irradiation. In this situation, recent studies have shown that selenium (Se)- and tellurium (Te)-enriched cocatalysts is crucial in photocatalytic systems for the efficient conversion of solar energy into H2 production. They provide a variety of benefits, including efficient photo-generation of charge carriers and their efficient transfer, increase in the number of active sites, enhancement in the electronic conductivity, and optimization of cocatalyst-Hads bonds. In the present review, the advancements in photocatalytic H2 evolution reactions (HER) using Se- and Te-enriched cocatalysts are discussed in detail. In particular, the construction of novel transition metal-based Se- and Te-enriched cocatalysts are summarized, followed by their benefits, comparison, and mechanisms to improve photocatalytic water splitting. Finally, as conclusions, a comprehensive outlook on the research development of Se- and Te-enriched cocatalysts is identified as a major challenge, and various ways to overcome the lower efficiency of photocatalytic HER are suggested by showing an appearance of cocatalysts enriched in Se and Te elements is one of the highlights in the photocatalytic HER research field.

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(Copyright 2020, Elsevier). d Schematic describing the formation process of NiSe/g-C3N4 composites, e cumulated production and f photocatalytic H2 production rates of g-C3N4 and NiSe/g-C3N4 photocatalysts with various content of NiSe [105](Copyright 2021, Elsevier)

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(Copyright 2022, Elsevier). c TEM, HRTEM, and HAADF image of 5 wt% NiSe/Mn0.5Cd0.5S, d The band structure and charge transfer and separation of NiSe/Mn0.5Cd0.5S under visible light [107] (Copyright 2020, Elsevier)

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFB3803600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21972040, 22006038), the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (2021-01-07-00-02-E00106), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (20DZ2250400, 22230780200), and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (B20031).

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    Seemal Mansoor, Muhammad Tayyab, Mazhar Khan, Zeeshan Akmal & Jinlong Zhang

  2. National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Wastewater Detoxication and Resource Recovery, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control On Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

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  4. State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis On Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, People’s Republic of China

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  5. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan

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Mansoor, S., Tayyab, M., Khan, M. et al. Recent advancements in Se- and Te-enriched cocatalysts for boosting photocatalytic splitting of water to produce hydrogen. Res Chem Intermed 49, 3723–3745 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-023-05077-5

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